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CDUS45 KMSO 170923
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
223 AM MST FRI MAR 17 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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         51    348 PM  67    1972  49      2       51       
  MINIMUM         22    708 AM  -4    1906  27     -5       36       
  AVERAGE         37                        38     -1       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.31 1923   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.48   0.26     0.43    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.62                      5.25   1.37     2.51    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.31   0.03     1.21    
                                                                     
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       28                        27      1       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  510                       467     43      351       
  SINCE MAR 1    510                       467     43      351       
  SINCE JUL 1   5781                      6079   -298     5660       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2                                         
                                                                     
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    88           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        71      1972                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27         1      1965                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 17 2006.........SUNRISE   645 AM MST   SUNSET   645 PM MST   
MARCH 18 2006.........SUNRISE   643 AM MST   SUNSET   646 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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