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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
157 AM MDT MON APR 11 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10 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         54    428 PM  77    1925  57     -3       59       
  MINIMUM         31    623 AM  20    1999  31      0       27       
  AVERAGE         43                        44     -1       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.05 1996   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.27                      0.30  -0.03     0.56    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.34                      6.03  -2.69     5.55    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.04                      3.09  -1.05     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       22       
  MONTH TO DATE  209                       220    -11      174       
  SINCE MAR 1    983                      1072    -89      886       
  SINCE JUL 1   6292                      6684   -392     6326       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    75           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    51                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        77      1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        18      1999                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 11 2005.........SUNRISE   656 AM MDT   SUNSET   820 PM MDT   
APRIL 12 2005.........SUNRISE   654 AM MDT   SUNSET   821 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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