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CDUS45 KMSO 040822
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
121 AM MST SAT MAR 4 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         49    239 PM  65    1905  44      5       56       
  MINIMUM         28    455 AM  -8    1917  25      3       26       
  AVERAGE         39                        34      5       41      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.17          0.21 1991   0.03   0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.17                      0.09   0.08     0.00    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.05                      4.86   1.19     2.08    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.77                      1.92  -0.15     0.78    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      4.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     16.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       26                        31     -5       24       
  MONTH TO DATE   81                        93    -12       73       
  SINCE MAR 1     81                        93    -12       73       
  SINCE JUL 1   5352                      5705   -353     5382       
                                                                     
 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     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     49          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        65      1968                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   25        -9      1989                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH  4 2006.........SUNRISE   710 AM MST   SUNSET   626 PM MST   
MARCH  5 2006.........SUNRISE   709 AM MST   SUNSET   628 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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