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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
147 AM MDT WED APR 27 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26 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         69    430 PM  83    1992  61      8       76       
  MINIMUM         36    418 AM  23    1962  35      1       35       
  AVERAGE         53                        48      5       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.42 1943   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.59                      0.91   0.68     0.87    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.66                      6.64  -1.98     5.86    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.36                      3.70  -0.34     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       12                        17     -5        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  513                       521     -8      466       
  SINCE MAR 1   1287                      1373    -86     1178       
  SINCE JUL 1   6596                      6985   -389     6618       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        85      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        12      1907                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 27 2005.........SUNRISE   627 AM MDT   SUNSET   842 PM MDT   
APRIL 28 2005.........SUNRISE   625 AM MDT   SUNSET   843 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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