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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1238 AM MST FRI MAR 24 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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         60    453 PM  71    1939  51      9       33       
  MINIMUM         25    653 AM  -1    1964  29     -4       23       
  AVERAGE         43                        40      3       28      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.23 1961   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.72   0.02     0.72    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.62                      5.49   1.13     2.80    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.55  -0.21     1.50    
                                                                     
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       22                        25     -3       37       
  MONTH TO DATE  685                       648     37      564       
  SINCE MAR 1    685                       648     37      564       
  SINCE JUL 1   5956                      6260   -304     5873       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     22           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        69      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        -9      1965                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 24 2006.........SUNRISE   631 AM MST   SUNSET   655 PM MST   
MARCH 25 2006.........SUNRISE   629 AM MST   SUNSET   656 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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