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CDUS45 KMSO 070745
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
144 AM MDT THU SEP 7 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 6 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         85    234 PM  93    1998  75     10       81       
  MINIMUM         53    629 AM  29    1895  44      9       41       
  AVERAGE         69                        59     10       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.65 1985   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.24  -0.24     0.00    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.94                     12.98   1.96    11.08    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.66                     10.04   0.62     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        0                         7     -7        4       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        34    -22       16       
  SINCE SEP 1     12                        34    -22       16       
  SINCE JUL 1     53                       151    -98       83       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         1      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   14                         7      7        6       
  SINCE SEP 1     14                         7      7        6       
  SINCE JAN 1    452                       253    199      310       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    51           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     18           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    35                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        93      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        28      1992                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER  7 2006.....SUNRISE   704 AM MDT   SUNSET   804 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER  8 2006.....SUNRISE   705 AM MDT   SUNSET   802 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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