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CDUS45 KMSO 171002
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
400 AM MDT SUN APR 17 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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         70    514 PM  81    1984  59     11       54       
  MINIMUM         28    603 AM  20    1896  33     -5       29       
  AVERAGE         49                        46      3       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.52 1920   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.08                      0.50   0.58     0.73    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.15                      6.23  -2.08     5.72    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.85                      3.29  -0.44     2.82    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    1.3                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     29.1                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                        19     -3       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  348                       340      8      278       
  SINCE MAR 1   1122                      1192    -70      990       
  SINCE JUL 1   6431                      6804   -373     6430       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     23           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        86      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        19      1896                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 17 2005.........SUNRISE   645 AM MDT   SUNSET   828 PM MDT   
APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE   643 AM MDT   SUNSET   829 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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