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CDUS45 KMSO 230802
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
201 AM MDT SAT SEP 23 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22 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         59    230 PM  91    1938  68     -9       70       
  MINIMUM         38   1159 PM  25    1993  38      0       34       
  AVERAGE         49                        53     -4       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.52 1898   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.63                      0.83   0.80     1.19    
  SINCE OCT 1     16.57                     13.57   3.00    12.27    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.29                     10.63   1.66    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       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  153                       181    -28      155       
  SINCE SEP 1    153                       181    -28      155       
  SINCE JUL 1    194                       298   -104      222       
                                                                     
 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     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        91      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        20      2000                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 23 2006.....SUNRISE   724 AM MDT   SUNSET   732 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 24 2006.....SUNRISE   726 AM MDT   SUNSET   730 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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