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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1238 AM MST TUE MAR 22 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 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         47    235 PM  70    1939  50     -3       64       
  MINIMUM         26    512 AM   3    1913  28     -2       29       
  AVERAGE         37                        39     -2       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.28 1906   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.65                      0.66  -0.01     0.49    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.73                      5.43  -2.70     4.88    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.43                      2.49  -1.06     1.98    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    5.8                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     17.6                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     27.7                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       28                        26      2       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  495                       598   -103      526       
  SINCE MAR 1    495                       598   -103      526       
  SINCE JUL 1   5804                      6210   -406     5966       
                                                                     
 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        70      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29         4      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 22 2005.........SUNRISE   635 AM MST   SUNSET   652 PM MST   
MARCH 23 2005.........SUNRISE   633 AM MST   SUNSET   654 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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