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CDUS45 KMSO 120738
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT TUE AUG 12 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 11 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         80    448 PM 100    1996  85     -5       87       
  MINIMUM         47    623 AM  39    1895  50     -3       42       
                                      1893                          
  AVERAGE         64                        68     -4       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.13 1990   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.04                      0.36  -0.32      T      
  SINCE OCT 1      9.42                     11.95  -2.53    10.83    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.25                      9.01  -1.76     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        1                         1      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                        11    -10        0       
  SINCE JUN 1    206                       244    -38      123       
  SINCE JUL 1      4                        66    -62        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        44     21       64       
  SINCE JUN 1    259                       188     71      545       
  SINCE JAN 1    267                       191     76      549       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    71           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     17           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    44                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       100      1940                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        38      1912                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 12 2008........SUNRISE   631 AM MDT   SUNSET   851 PM MDT   
AUGUST 13 2008........SUNRISE   632 AM MDT   SUNSET   849 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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