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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
146 AM MDT MON SEP 12 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 11 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         63    523 PM  92    1959  73    -10       72       
  MINIMUM         38    705 AM  30    1964  41     -3       46       
  AVERAGE         51                        57     -6       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.80 1927   0.04  -0.04     0.04    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.59                      0.44   0.15     0.35    
  SINCE OCT 1     11.67                     13.18  -1.51    15.17    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.37                     10.24   0.13    12.27    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                         8      6        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   52                        70    -18       86       
  SINCE SEP 1     52                        70    -18       86       
  SINCE JUL 1    119                       187    -68      160       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    7                         9     -2        4       
  SINCE SEP 1      7                         9     -2        4       
  SINCE JAN 1    311                       255     56      385       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.2                                         
                                                                     
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    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     34           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        90      1959                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        28      1988                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 12 2005.....SUNRISE   710 AM MDT   SUNSET   754 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 13 2005.....SUNRISE   712 AM MDT   SUNSET   752 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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