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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
157 AM MDT THU SEP 29 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 28 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         69    322 PM  88    1967  66      3       70       
  MINIMUM         36    658 AM  22    1984  36      0       39       
  AVERAGE         53                        51      2       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.34 1982   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.56                      1.01   0.55     1.95    
  SINCE OCT 1     12.64                     13.75  -1.11    16.77    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.34                     10.81   0.53    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       12                        14     -2       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  240                       260    -20      302       
  SINCE SEP 1    240                       260    -20      302       
  SINCE JUL 1    307                       377    -70      376       
                                                                     
 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     22           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        87      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        20      1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 29 2005.....SUNRISE   733 AM MDT   SUNSET   719 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 30 2005.....SUNRISE   734 AM MDT   SUNSET   717 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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