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CDUS45 KMSO 230745
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
144 AM MDT FRI SEP 23 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22 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         70    444 PM  91    1938  68      2       57       
  MINIMUM         34    535 AM  25    1993  38     -4       45       
  AVERAGE         52                        53     -1       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.52 1898   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.19                      0.83   0.36     1.88    
  SINCE OCT 1     12.27                     13.57  -1.30    16.70    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.97                     10.63   0.34    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       13                        12      1       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  155                       181    -26      251       
  SINCE SEP 1    155                       181    -26      251       
  SINCE JUL 1    222                       298    -76      325       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     12           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    47                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        91      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        20      2000                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 23 2005.....SUNRISE   725 AM MDT   SUNSET   731 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 24 2005.....SUNRISE   726 AM MDT   SUNSET   729 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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