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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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         53    355 PM  82    1977  56     -3       57       
  MINIMUM         35   1033 PM  17    1973  31      4       38       
  AVERAGE         44                        44      0       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.10          0.89 1943   0.03   0.07     0.35    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.27                      0.24   0.03     0.55    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.34                      5.97  -2.63     5.54    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.04                      3.03  -0.99     2.64    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     17.7                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     27.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        21      0       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  165                       178    -13      129       
  SINCE MAR 1    939                      1030    -91      841       
  SINCE JUL 1   6248                      6642   -394     6281       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        76      1912                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        19      1988                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  9 2005.........SUNRISE   700 AM MDT   SUNSET   817 PM MDT   
APRIL 10 2005.........SUNRISE   658 AM MDT   SUNSET   818 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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