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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT MON APR 3 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 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         53    326 PM  75    1990  55     -2       52       
  MINIMUM         28    628 AM   8    1936  30     -2       32       
  AVERAGE         41                        42     -1       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.45 1970   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.06   0.08     0.01    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.17                      5.79   1.38     3.08    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.89                      2.85   0.04     1.78    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      9.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        23      1       23       
  MONTH TO DATE   44                        46     -2       46       
  SINCE MAR 1    913                       898     15      820       
  SINCE JUL 1   6184                      6510   -326     6129       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        74      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        11      1935                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  3 2006.........SUNRISE   712 AM MDT   SUNSET   808 PM MDT   
APRIL  4 2006.........SUNRISE   710 AM MDT   SUNSET   810 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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