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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
143 AM MDT THU APR 14 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 13 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         43   1254 PM  79    1904  58    -15       71       
  MINIMUM         33   1159 PM  21    1970  32      1       34       
  AVERAGE         38                        45     -7       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.37          0.44 2000   0.03   0.34     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.87                      0.39   0.48     0.62    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.94                      6.12  -2.18     5.61    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.64                      3.18  -0.54     2.71    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    T                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     17.7                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     27.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       27                        20      7       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  282                       281      1      215       
  SINCE MAR 1   1056                      1133    -77      927       
  SINCE JUL 1   6365                      6745   -380     6367       
                                                                     
 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     70          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    85                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        80      1988                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        21      1983                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 14 2005.........SUNRISE   650 AM MDT   SUNSET   824 PM MDT   
APRIL 15 2005.........SUNRISE   648 AM MDT   SUNSET   825 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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