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CDUS45 KMSO 290901
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
201 AM MST WED MAR 29 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28 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         58    532 PM  72    1986  53      5       48       
  MINIMUM         24    541 AM   5    1975  29     -5       35       
  AVERAGE         41                        41      0       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.74 1909   0.03  -0.03     0.12    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.98                      0.87   0.11     0.96    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.86                      5.64   1.22     3.04    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.58                      2.70  -0.12     1.74    
                                                                     
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       24                        24      0       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  802                       770     32      693       
  SINCE MAR 1    802                       770     32      693       
  SINCE JUL 1   6073                      6382   -309     6002       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        75      1978                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29         5      1954                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 29 2006.........SUNRISE   621 AM MST   SUNSET   702 PM MST   
MARCH 30 2006.........SUNRISE   619 AM MST   SUNSET   703 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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