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CDUS45 KMSO 010757
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1257 AM MST MON JAN 1 2007

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 31 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         29    348 PM  52    1938  28      1       37       
  MINIMUM         16    942 PM -25    1927  14      2       31       
  AVERAGE         23                        21      2       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.37 1939   0.04  -0.04     0.18    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.70                      1.15  -0.45     1.17    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.35                      2.94   1.41     4.28    
  SINCE JAN 1     16.64                     13.82   2.82    15.62    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    1.6                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.4                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      9.1                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       42                        44     -2       31       
  MONTH TO DATE 1207                      1295    -88     1403       
  SINCE DEC 1   1207                      1287    -80     1403       
  SINCE JUL 1   2977                      3302   -325     3280       
                                                                     
 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     7   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     7   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     63           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        60      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -28      1979                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  1 2007.......SUNRISE   822 AM MST   SUNSET   458 PM MST   
JANUARY  2 2007.......SUNRISE   822 AM MST   SUNSET   459 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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