000 
CDUS45 KMSO 041241
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
640 AM MDT TUE APR 4 2006

................................... 

...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         61    415 PM  74    1944  55      6       51       
  MINIMUM         33    338 AM  11    1935  30      3       33       
  AVERAGE         47                        42      5       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.56 1915   0.03  -0.03     0.14    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.09   0.05     0.15    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.17                      5.82   1.35     3.22    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.89                      2.88   0.01     1.92    
                                                                     
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       18                        23     -5       23       
  MONTH TO DATE   62                        69     -7       69       
  SINCE MAR 1    931                       921     10      843       
  SINCE JUL 1   6202                      6533   -331     6152       
                                                                     
 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       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.5                                         
                                                                     
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    82           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        75      1960                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        18      1920                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  4 2006.........SUNRISE   710 AM MDT   SUNSET   810 PM MDT   
APRIL  5 2006.........SUNRISE   708 AM MDT   SUNSET   811 PM MDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$