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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1241 AM MST TUE MAR 14 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13 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         42    538 PM  69    2003  47     -5       44       
  MINIMUM         18    721 AM  -6    1897  27     -9       29       
  AVERAGE         30                        37     -7       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.68 1894   0.03  -0.03     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.39   0.35     0.41    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.62                      5.16   1.46     2.49    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.22   0.12     1.19    
                                                                     
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       35                        28      7       28       
  MONTH TO DATE  417                       385     32      279       
  SINCE MAR 1    417                       385     32      279       
  SINCE JUL 1   5688                      5997   -309     5588       
                                                                     
 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    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.7                                         
                                                                     
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    80           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     25           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        67      1992                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27        -6      1897                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 14 2006.........SUNRISE   651 AM MST   SUNSET   641 PM MST   
MARCH 15 2006.........SUNRISE   649 AM MST   SUNSET   642 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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