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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
141 AM MDT MON APR 18 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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         52    507 PM  86    1936  59     -7       52       
  MINIMUM         38   1159 PM  19    1896  33      5       34       
  AVERAGE         45                        46     -1       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.23          0.35 1956   0.04   0.19      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.31                      0.54   0.77     0.73    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.38                      6.27  -1.89     5.72    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.08                      3.33  -0.25     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       20                        19      1       22       
  MONTH TO DATE  368                       359      9      300       
  SINCE MAR 1   1142                      1211    -69     1012       
  SINCE JUL 1   6451                      6823   -372     6452       
                                                                     
 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 (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        88      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        18      1977                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE   643 AM MDT   SUNSET   829 PM MDT   
APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE   641 AM MDT   SUNSET   831 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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