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CDUS45 KMSO 110739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1238 AM MST SAT MAR 11 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 10 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         38    231 PM  69    1900  46     -8       58       
  MINIMUM         19    704 AM  -2    1948  26     -7       34       
  AVERAGE         29                        36     -7       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.25 1967   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.30   0.44     0.09    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.62                      5.07   1.55     2.17    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.13   0.21     0.87    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    5.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      9.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       36                        29      7       19       
  MONTH TO DATE  313                       301     12      208       
  SINCE MAR 1    313                       301     12      208       
  SINCE JUL 1   5584                      5913   -329     5517       
                                                                     
 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     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
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           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        72      1900                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   26        -6      1969                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 11 2006.........SUNRISE   657 AM MST   SUNSET   636 PM MST   
MARCH 12 2006.........SUNRISE   655 AM MST   SUNSET   638 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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