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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1243 AM MST MON MAR 13 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12 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    511 PM  67    1934  47     -9       49       
  MINIMUM         20    719 AM  -3    1956  27     -7       29       
  AVERAGE         29                        37     -8       39      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.60 1905   0.03  -0.03     0.26    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.36   0.38     0.35    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.62                      5.13   1.49     2.43    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.19   0.15     1.13    
                                                                     
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                        28      8       26       
  MONTH TO DATE  382                       357     25      251       
  SINCE MAR 1    382                       357     25      251       
  SINCE JUL 1   5653                      5969   -316     5560       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    55           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     32           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    44                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        69      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27        -6      1897                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 13 2006.........SUNRISE   653 AM MST   SUNSET   639 PM MST   
MARCH 14 2006.........SUNRISE   651 AM MST   SUNSET   641 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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