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CDUS45 KMSO 260740
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT MON SEP 26 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 25 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    453 PM  86    1974  67     -3       73       
  MINIMUM         39    645 AM  15    1926  37      2       38       
  AVERAGE         52                        52      0       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.27 1917   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.56                      0.92   0.64     1.95    
  SINCE OCT 1     12.64                     13.66  -1.02    16.77    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.34                     10.72   0.62    13.87    
                                                                     
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                        13      0        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  207                       219    -12      280       
  SINCE SEP 1    207                       219    -12      280       
  SINCE JUL 1    274                       336    -62      354       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        87      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        21      1926                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 26 2005.....SUNRISE   729 AM MDT   SUNSET   725 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 27 2005.....SUNRISE   730 AM MDT   SUNSET   723 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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