000 
CDUS45 KMSO 110852
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
242 AM MDT TUE APR 11 2006

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

...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10 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         52   1245 PM  77    1925  57     -5       54       
  MINIMUM         34   1134 PM  20    1999  31      3       31       
  AVERAGE         43                        44     -1       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          1.05 1996   0.03  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.47                      0.30   2.17     0.28    
  SINCE OCT 1      9.50                      6.03   3.47     3.35    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.22                      3.09   2.13     2.05    
                                                                     
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                        21      1       22       
  MONTH TO DATE  195                       220    -25      209       
  SINCE MAR 1   1064                      1072     -8      983       
  SINCE JUL 1   6335                      6684   -349     6292       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     52           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        77      1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        18      1999                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 11 2006.........SUNRISE   656 AM MDT   SUNSET   819 PM MDT   
APRIL 12 2006.........SUNRISE   654 AM MDT   SUNSET   821 PM MDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$