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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT WED APR 12 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 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         55    211 PM  77    1976  57     -2       54       
  MINIMUM         34    220 AM  18    1999  31      3       27       
  AVERAGE         45                        44      1       41      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.04          0.34 1996   0.03   0.01      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    2.51                      0.33   2.18     0.28    
  SINCE OCT 1      9.54                      6.06   3.48     3.35    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.26                      3.12   2.14     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       20                        21     -1       24       
  MONTH TO DATE  215                       241    -26      233       
  SINCE MAR 1   1084                      1093     -9     1007       
  SINCE JUL 1   6355                      6705   -350     6316       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        80      1913                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        18      1997                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 12 2006.........SUNRISE   654 AM MDT   SUNSET   821 PM MDT   
APRIL 13 2006.........SUNRISE   652 AM MDT   SUNSET   822 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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