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CDUS45 KMSO 010738
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT FRI AUG 1 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 31 2008...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         90    534 PM 101    1908  85      5       92       
  MINIMUM         42    506 AM  38    1995  51     -9       60       
                                      1911                          
  AVERAGE         66                        68     -2       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.78 1946   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.44                      1.09  -0.65     0.03    
  SINCE OCT 1      9.38                     11.59  -2.21    10.83    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.21                      8.65  -1.44     6.48    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     32.4                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    3                        52    -49        0       
  SINCE JUN 1    205                       233    -28      123       
  SINCE JUL 1      3                        55    -52        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         4     -3       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  149                       111     38      413       
  SINCE JUN 1    194                       144     50      481       
  SINCE JAN 1    202                       147     55      485       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.6                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    65           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     12           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    39                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       101      1971                    
                                             1893                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        30      1901                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  1 2008........SUNRISE   617 AM MDT   SUNSET   908 PM MDT   
AUGUST  2 2008........SUNRISE   618 AM MDT   SUNSET   906 PM MDT   

                                                                     
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

 


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