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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT FRI APR 7 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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         47   1227 AM  78    1930  55     -8       73       
  MINIMUM         39   1159 PM  19    1928  31      8       27       
  AVERAGE         43                        43      0       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.87R         0.45 1897   0.03   1.84     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.44                      0.18   2.26     0.17    
  SINCE OCT 1      9.47                      5.91   3.56     3.24    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.19                      2.97   2.22     1.94    
                                                                     
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       22                        22      0       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  118                       135    -17      134       
  SINCE MAR 1    987                       987      0      908       
  SINCE JUL 1   6258                      6599   -341     6217       
                                                                     
 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    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     76           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    88                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        77      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        17      1973                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  7 2006.........SUNRISE   704 AM MDT   SUNSET   814 PM MDT   
APRIL  8 2006.........SUNRISE   702 AM MDT   SUNSET   815 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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