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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
733 AM MST SAT APR 1 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31 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         56    508 PM  71    1923  54      2       52       
  MINIMUM         32    212 AM   5    1936  30      2       24       
  AVERAGE         44                        42      2       38      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.93 1906   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.15                      0.96   0.19     0.99    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.03                      5.73   1.30     3.07    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.75                      2.79  -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      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        23     -2       27       
  MONTH TO DATE  869                       852     17      774       
  SINCE MAR 1    869                       852     17      774       
  SINCE JUL 1   6140                      6464   -324     6083       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        78      1900                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30         2      1936                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  1 2006.........SUNRISE   616 AM MST   SUNSET   706 PM MST   
APRIL  2 2006.........SUNRISE   714 AM MDT   SUNSET   807 PM MDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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