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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
158 AM MDT SUN APR 10 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 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    249 PM  76    1912  56     -3       51       
  MINIMUM         33    647 AM  19    1988  31      2       33       
  AVERAGE         43                        44     -1       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.44 1943   0.03  -0.03     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.27                      0.27   0.00     0.56    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.34                      6.00  -2.66     5.55    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.04                      3.06  -1.02     2.65    
                                                                     
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       22                        21      1       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  187                       199    -12      152       
  SINCE MAR 1    961                      1051    -90      864       
  SINCE JUL 1   6270                      6663   -393     6304       
                                                                     
 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    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        77      1925                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        20      1999                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 10 2005.........SUNRISE   658 AM MDT   SUNSET   818 PM MDT   
APRIL 11 2005.........SUNRISE   656 AM MDT   SUNSET   820 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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