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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT MON SEP 19 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 18 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         64    553 PM  92    1938  70     -6       54       
  MINIMUM         46   1046 PM  24    1971  39      7       46       
  AVERAGE         55                        55      0       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.28 1908   0.03  -0.03     0.39    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.19                      0.71   0.48     1.69    
  SINCE OCT 1     12.27                     13.45  -1.18    16.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.97                     10.51   0.46    13.61    
                                                                     
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       10                        10      0       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  118                       135    -17      176       
  SINCE SEP 1    118                       135    -17      176       
  SINCE JUL 1    185                       252    -67      250       
                                                                     
 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    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     40           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        89      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        23      1964                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 19 2005.....SUNRISE   720 AM MDT   SUNSET   740 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 20 2005.....SUNRISE   721 AM MDT   SUNSET   738 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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