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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
142 AM MDT WED SEP 21 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 20 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         79        MM  91    1938  69     10       51        
  MINIMUM         38        MM  24    1983  39     -1       38        
  AVERAGE         59                        54      5       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.56 1984   0.03  -0.03     0.17    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.19                      0.77   0.42     1.88    
  SINCE OCT 1     12.27                     13.51  -1.24    16.70    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.97                     10.57   0.40    13.80    
                                                                     
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        6                        11     -5       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  132                       157    -25      215       
  SINCE SEP 1    132                       157    -25      215       
  SINCE JUL 1    199                       274    -75      289       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.6                                         
                                                                     
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    85           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     19           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        92      1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        23      1971                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 21 2005.....SUNRISE   722 AM MDT   SUNSET   735 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 22 2005.....SUNRISE   723 AM MDT   SUNSET   733 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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