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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1242 AM MST THU MAR 30 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 29 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         45   1214 AM  75    1978  53     -8       47       
  MINIMUM         36   1159 PM   5    1954  29      7       29       
  AVERAGE         41                        41      0       38      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.19          0.49 1899   0.03   0.16     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.17                      0.90   0.27     0.99    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.05                      5.67   1.38     3.07    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.77                      2.73   0.04     1.77    
                                                                     
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       27       
  MONTH TO DATE  826                       794     32      720       
  SINCE MAR 1    826                       794     32      720       
  SINCE JUL 1   6097                      6406   -309     6029       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 PM                                     
 LOWEST     62          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        78      2004                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30         8      1936                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 30 2006.........SUNRISE   619 AM MST   SUNSET   703 PM MST   
MARCH 31 2006.........SUNRISE   618 AM MST   SUNSET   704 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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