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CDUS45 KMSO 270739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT TUE SEP 27 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26 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         73    508 PM  87    1899  66      7       76       
  MINIMUM         34    657 AM  21    1926  37     -3       39       
  AVERAGE         54                        52      2       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.33 1959   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.56                      0.95   0.61     1.95    
  SINCE OCT 1     12.64                     13.69  -1.05    16.77    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.34                     10.75   0.59    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       11                        13     -2        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  218                       232    -14      287       
  SINCE SEP 1    218                       232    -14      287       
  SINCE JUL 1    285                       349    -64      361       
                                                                     
 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    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        89      1957                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        24      1964                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 27 2005.....SUNRISE   730 AM MDT   SUNSET   723 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 28 2005.....SUNRISE   731 AM MDT   SUNSET   721 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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