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CDUS45 KMSO 020741
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
140 AM MDT SAT SEP 2 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 1 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         77    517 PM  99    1967  78     -1       80       
  MINIMUM         33R   553 AM  35    1999  45    -12       40       
  AVERAGE         55                        62     -7       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.99 1910   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.94                     12.78   2.16    11.08    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.66                      9.84   0.82     9.78    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                         5      5        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   10                         5      5        5       
  SINCE SEP 1     10                         5      5        5       
  SINCE JUL 1     51                       122    -71       72       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE JAN 1    438                       248    190      304       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.7                                         
                                                                     
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           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST      8           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    45                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        96      1998                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        34      1973                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER  2 2006.....SUNRISE   657 AM MDT   SUNSET   814 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER  3 2006.....SUNRISE   658 AM MDT   SUNSET   812 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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