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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1242 AM MST FRI DEC 15 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 14 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         41    323 PM  60    1924  30     11       31       
  MINIMUM         34    843 AM -23    1919  16     18        9       
  AVERAGE         38                        23     15       20      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.14          0.40 1901   0.04   0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.32                      0.48  -0.16     0.16    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.97                      2.27   1.70     3.27    
  SINCE JAN 1     16.26                     13.15   3.11    14.61    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    1.2                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      8.7                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       27                        42    -15       45       
  MONTH TO DATE  535                       568    -33      730       
  SINCE DEC 1    535                       568    -33      730       
  SINCE JUL 1   2305                      2583   -278     2607       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1    463                       256    207      311       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           600 PM                                     
 LOWEST     50           100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        56      1924                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -12      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 15 2006......SUNRISE   815 AM MST   SUNSET   448 PM MST   
DECEMBER 16 2006......SUNRISE   816 AM MST   SUNSET   448 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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