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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
144 AM MDT FRI SEP 22 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 21 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         54   1116 AM  92    1967  68    -14       69       
  MINIMUM         43   1134 PM  23    1971  38      5       40       
  AVERAGE         49                        53     -4       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.27          0.35 1945   0.03   0.24     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.63                      0.80   0.83     1.19    
  SINCE OCT 1     16.57                     13.54   3.03    12.27    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.29                     10.60   1.69    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       16                        12      4       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       169    -32      142       
  SINCE SEP 1    137                       169    -32      142       
  SINCE JUL 1    178                       286   -108      209       
                                                                     
 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    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     80           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    85                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        91      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        25      1993                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 22 2006.....SUNRISE   723 AM MDT   SUNSET   734 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 23 2006.....SUNRISE   724 AM MDT   SUNSET   732 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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