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CDUS45 KMSO 180738
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT MON SEP 18 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17 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         63    225 PM  91    1981  70     -7       55       
  MINIMUM         37    612 AM  24    1965  40     -3       50       
  AVERAGE         50                        55     -5       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.80 1900   0.04  -0.04     0.51    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.93                      0.68   0.25     1.19    
  SINCE OCT 1     15.87                     13.42   2.45    12.27    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.59                     10.48   1.11    10.97    
                                                                     
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       15                        10      5       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   81                       125    -44      108       
  SINCE SEP 1     81                       125    -44      108       
  SINCE JUL 1    122                       242   -120      175       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        92      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        24      1971                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 18 2006.....SUNRISE   718 AM MDT   SUNSET   742 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 19 2006.....SUNRISE   719 AM MDT   SUNSET   740 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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