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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
157 AM MDT THU APR 13 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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         64    340 PM  80    1913  57      7       55       
  MINIMUM         37    638 AM  18    1997  32      5       31       
  AVERAGE         51                        45      6       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.50 1917   0.03  -0.01     0.23    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.53                      0.36   2.17     0.51    
  SINCE OCT 1      9.56                      6.09   3.47     3.58    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.28                      3.15   2.13     2.28    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      9.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                        20     -6       22       
  MONTH TO DATE  229                       261    -32      255       
  SINCE MAR 1   1098                      1113    -15     1029       
  SINCE JUL 1   6369                      6725   -356     6338       
                                                                     
 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    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        79      1904                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        21      1970                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 13 2006.........SUNRISE   652 AM MDT   SUNSET   822 PM MDT   
APRIL 14 2006.........SUNRISE   651 AM MDT   SUNSET   824 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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