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CDUS45 KMSO 060739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SAT SEP 6 2008


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...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 5 2008...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         57    453 PM  96    1967  76    -19       82       
  MINIMUM         40    548 AM  34    1897  45     -5       60       
  AVERAGE         49                        60    -11       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03          0.75 1897   0.04  -0.01     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.64                      0.20   0.44     0.01    
  SINCE OCT 1     11.33                     12.94  -1.61    11.16    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.16                     10.00  -0.84     6.81    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     32.4                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                         6     10        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   56                        27     29        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     56                        27     29        0       
  SINCE JUL 1    108                       144    -36       25       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        6       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6       33       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         6     -6       33       
  SINCE JAN 1    350                       252     98      643       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.6                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     59          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        93      1998                    
                                             1966                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        29      1895                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER  6 2008.....SUNRISE   703 AM MDT   SUNSET   805 PM MDT   
SEPTEMBER  7 2008.....SUNRISE   704 AM MDT   SUNSET   803 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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