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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1241 AM MST THU MAR 24 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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         33   1205 AM  71    1939  51    -18       68       
  MINIMUM         23   1159 PM  -1    1964  29     -6       37       
  AVERAGE         28                        40    -12       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.23 1961   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.72                      0.72   0.00     0.49    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.80                      5.49  -2.69     4.88    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.50                      2.55  -1.05     1.98    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    5.9                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     17.7                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     27.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       37                        25     12       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  564                       648    -84      553       
  SINCE MAR 1    564                       648    -84      553       
  SINCE JUL 1   5873                      6260   -387     5993       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    71           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     53          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        69      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        -9      1965                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 24 2005.........SUNRISE   631 AM MST   SUNSET   655 PM MST   
MARCH 25 2005.........SUNRISE   629 AM MST   SUNSET   656 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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