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CDUS45 KMSO 120738
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT TUE SEP 12 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 11 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         84    408 PM  92    1959  73     11       63       
  MINIMUM         41    647 AM  30    1964  41      0       38       
  AVERAGE         63                        57      6       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.80 1927   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.44  -0.44     0.59    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.94                     13.18   1.76    11.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.66                     10.24   0.42    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        2                         8     -6       14       
  MONTH TO DATE   14                        70    -56       52       
  SINCE SEP 1     14                        70    -56       52       
  SINCE JUL 1     55                       187   -132      119       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        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     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.6                                         
                                                                     
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    62           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     12           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    37                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        90      1959                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        28      1988                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 12 2006.....SUNRISE   710 AM MDT   SUNSET   754 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 13 2006.....SUNRISE   711 AM MDT   SUNSET   752 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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