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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
218 AM MDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 14 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         61   1230 AM  90    1948  72    -11       70       
  MINIMUM         48   1025 AM  20    1970  40      8       45       
  AVERAGE         55                        56     -1       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.11          0.80 1918   0.04   0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      0.56  -0.45     0.66    
  SINCE OCT 1     15.05                     13.30   1.75    11.74    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.77                     10.36   0.41    10.44    
                                                                     
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                         9      1        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   27                        96    -69       82       
  SINCE SEP 1     27                        96    -69       82       
  SINCE JUL 1     68                       213   -145      149       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   25                         9     16        7       
  SINCE SEP 1     25                         9     16        7       
  SINCE JAN 1    463                       255    208      311       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        90      1953                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        22      1970                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 15 2006.....SUNRISE   714 AM MDT   SUNSET   748 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 16 2006.....SUNRISE   715 AM MDT   SUNSET   746 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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