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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT FRI SEP 29 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 28 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         76    501 PM  88    1967  66     10       69       
  MINIMUM         41    650 AM  22    1984  36      5       36       
  AVERAGE         59                        51      8       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.34 1982   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.63                      1.01   0.62     1.56    
  SINCE OCT 1     16.57                     13.75   2.82    12.64    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.29                     10.81   1.48    11.34    
                                                                     
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        6                        14     -8       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  213                       260    -47      240       
  SINCE SEP 1    213                       260    -47      240       
  SINCE JUL 1    254                       377   -123      307       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        87      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        20      1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 29 2006.....SUNRISE   732 AM MDT   SUNSET   720 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER 30 2006.....SUNRISE   734 AM MDT   SUNSET   718 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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