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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
144 AM MDT TUE AUG 24 2010


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...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 2010...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2010


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         74    249 PM 103    1969  81     -7       80       
  MINIMUM         49    329 AM  37    1992  48      1       48       
                                      1962                          
  AVERAGE         62                        65     -3       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.16 1906   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.07                      0.84   0.23     3.00    
  SINCE OCT 1     12.09                     12.43  -0.34    13.48    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.59                      9.49   1.10     9.47    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      8.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         3      0        1       
  MONTH TO DATE    5                        33    -28       51       
  SINCE JUN 1    243                       266    -23      212       
  SINCE JUL 1     53                        88    -35       73       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   91                        81     10      100       
  SINCE JUN 1    226                       225      1      281       
  SINCE JAN 1    227                       228     -1      289       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.9                                         

                                                                     
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    64           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     20           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    42                                                       

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THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81       102      1969                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        32      1910                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 24 2010........SUNRISE   645 AM MDT   SUNSET   831 PM MDT   
AUGUST 25 2010........SUNRISE   647 AM MDT   SUNSET   829 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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