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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1239 AM MST WED MAR 22 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 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         49    447 PM  70    1939  50     -1       47       
  MINIMUM         32    721 AM   3    1913  28      4       26       
  AVERAGE         41                        39      2       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.28 1906   0.04  -0.04      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.66   0.08     0.65    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.62                      5.43   1.19     2.73    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.49  -0.15     1.43    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    5.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      9.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        26     -2       28       
  MONTH TO DATE  640                       598     42      495       
  SINCE MAR 1    640                       598     42      495       
  SINCE JUL 1   5911                      6210   -299     5804       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     39           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        70      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29         4      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 22 2006.........SUNRISE   635 AM MST   SUNSET   652 PM MST   
MARCH 23 2006.........SUNRISE   633 AM MST   SUNSET   653 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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