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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT MON APR 25 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 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    451 PM  87    1910  61      9       57       
  MINIMUM         41    408 AM  20    2002  34      7       35       
  AVERAGE         56                        47      9       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.53 1956   0.04  -0.04      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.59                      0.82   0.77     0.87    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.66                      6.55  -1.89     5.86    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.36                      3.61  -0.25     2.96    
                                                                     
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        9                        18     -9       19       
  MONTH TO DATE  490                       487      3      440       
  SINCE MAR 1   1264                      1339    -75     1152       
  SINCE JUL 1   6573                      6951   -378     6592       
                                                                     
 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     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     23           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        90      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        23      1929                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 25 2005.........SUNRISE   630 AM MDT   SUNSET   839 PM MDT   
APRIL 26 2005.........SUNRISE   629 AM MDT   SUNSET   840 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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