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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1240 AM MST TUE MAR 21 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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         44    512 PM  70    1910  50     -6       52       
  MINIMUM         29    732 AM  -2    1913  28      1       31       
  AVERAGE         37                        39     -2       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.42 1909   0.04  -0.04     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.62   0.12     0.65    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.62                      5.39   1.23     2.73    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.45  -0.11     1.43    
                                                                     
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                        26      2       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  616                       572     44      467       
  SINCE MAR 1    616                       572     44      467       
  SINCE JUL 1   5887                      6184   -297     5776       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    61           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     36           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    49                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        70      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28         3      1913                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 21 2006.........SUNRISE   637 AM MST   SUNSET   650 PM MST   
MARCH 22 2006.........SUNRISE   635 AM MST   SUNSET   652 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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