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CDUS45 KMSO 250746
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1245 AM MST MON DEC 25 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 24 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         38    410 PM  51    1919  29      9       36       
  MINIMUM         21    828 AM -19    1944  15      6       26       
  AVERAGE         30                        22      8       31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.83 1902   0.04  -0.04     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.47                      0.88  -0.41     0.43    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.12                      2.67   1.45     3.54    
  SINCE JAN 1     16.41                     13.55   2.86    14.88    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    1.6                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.4                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      9.1                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       35                        43     -8       34       
  MONTH TO DATE  958                       993    -35     1186       
  SINCE DEC 1    958                       993    -35     1186       
  SINCE JUL 1   2728                      3008   -280     3063       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        52      1908                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -18      1948                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 25 2006......SUNRISE   821 AM MST   SUNSET   452 PM MST   
DECEMBER 26 2006......SUNRISE   821 AM MST   SUNSET   453 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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