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CDUS45 KMSO 090739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SAT SEP 9 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 8 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         86    336 PM  92    1967  74     12       88       
  MINIMUM         47    546 AM  30    1960  43      4       43       
  AVERAGE         67                        59      8       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.05 1986   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.32  -0.32     0.00    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.94                     13.06   1.88    11.08    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.66                     10.12   0.54     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        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        48    -36       16       
  SINCE SEP 1     12                        48    -36       16       
  SINCE JUL 1     53                       165   -112       83       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         1      1        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                         9     11        7       
  SINCE SEP 1     20                         9     11        7       
  SINCE JAN 1    458                       255    203      311       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    61           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     19           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    40                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        92      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        28      1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER  9 2006.....SUNRISE   706 AM MDT   SUNSET   800 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 10 2006.....SUNRISE   707 AM MDT   SUNSET   758 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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