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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
141 AM MDT MON SEP 11 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 10 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         79    326 PM  92    1935  73      6       54       
  MINIMUM         52   1116 PM  28    1983  42     10       42       
  AVERAGE         66                        58      8       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.99 1942   0.04  -0.04     0.47    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.40  -0.40     0.59    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.94                     13.14   1.80    11.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.66                     10.20   0.46    10.37    
                                                                     
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       17       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        62    -50       38       
  SINCE SEP 1     12                        62    -50       38       
  SINCE JUL 1     53                       179   -126      105       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         0      1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   24                         9     15        7       
  SINCE SEP 1     24                         9     15        7       
  SINCE JAN 1    462                       255    207      311       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     13           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    45                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        92      1959                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        30      1964                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 11 2006.....SUNRISE   709 AM MDT   SUNSET   756 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 12 2006.....SUNRISE   710 AM MDT   SUNSET   754 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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