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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1241 AM MST SUN MAR 12 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 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         40    437 PM  72    1900  47     -7       68       
  MINIMUM         24    643 AM  -6    1969  26     -2       27       
  AVERAGE         32                        37     -5       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.47 1901   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.33   0.41     0.09    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.62                      5.10   1.52     2.17    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.16   0.18     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       33                        28      5       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  346                       329     17      225       
  SINCE MAR 1    346                       329     17      225       
  SINCE JUL 1   5617                      5941   -324     5534       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.7                                         
                                                                     
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    65           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    46                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        67      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27        -3      1956                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 12 2006.........SUNRISE   655 AM MST   SUNSET   638 PM MST   
MARCH 13 2006.........SUNRISE   653 AM MST   SUNSET   639 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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