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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1239 AM MST SAT MAR 25 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24 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         62    301 PM  69    1939  51     11       37       
  MINIMUM         30    640 AM  -9    1965  29      1       23       
  AVERAGE         46                        40      6       30      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.46 1922   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.75  -0.01     0.72    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.62                      5.52   1.10     2.80    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.58  -0.24     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       19                        25     -6       35       
  MONTH TO DATE  704                       673     31      599       
  SINCE MAR 1    704                       673     31      599       
  SINCE JUL 1   5975                      6285   -310     5908       
                                                                     
 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     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        70      1960                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        -7      1955                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 25 2006.........SUNRISE   629 AM MST   SUNSET   656 PM MST   
MARCH 26 2006.........SUNRISE   627 AM MST   SUNSET   657 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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