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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT WED SEP 20 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19 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    109 PM  89    1938  69     -6       77       
  MINIMUM         45    332 AM  23    1964  39      6       37       
  AVERAGE         54                        54      0       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.38          0.96 1925   0.03   0.35     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.34                      0.74   0.60     1.19    
  SINCE OCT 1     16.28                     13.48   2.80    12.27    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.00                     10.54   1.46    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       11                        11      0        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  108                       146    -38      126       
  SINCE SEP 1    108                       146    -38      126       
  SINCE JUL 1    149                       263   -114      193       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     48          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        91      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        24      1983                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 20 2006.....SUNRISE   720 AM MDT   SUNSET   738 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 21 2006.....SUNRISE   722 AM MDT   SUNSET   736 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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