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CDUS45 KMSO 090739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1238 AM MST WED MAR 9 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         64    417 PM  66    1906  46     18       63       
  MINIMUM         38    752 AM  -6    1951  26     12       36       
  AVERAGE         51                        36     15       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.80 1904   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.24  -0.24     0.36    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.08                      5.01  -2.93     4.75    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.78                      2.07  -1.29     1.85    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     11.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.9                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                        29    -15       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  172                       243    -71      235       
  SINCE MAR 1    172                       243    -71      235       
  SINCE JUL 1   5481                      5855   -374     5675       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     22           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    49                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        62      1972                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   26        -2      1932                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH  9 2005.........SUNRISE   700 AM MST   SUNSET   634 PM MST   
MARCH 10 2005.........SUNRISE   658 AM MST   SUNSET   635 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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