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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
157 AM MDT FRI APR 14 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 13 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         54    548 PM  79    1904  58     -4       43       
  MINIMUM         43    557 AM  21    1970  32     11       33       
  AVERAGE         49                        45      4       38      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03          0.44 2000   0.03   0.00     0.37    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.56                      0.39   2.17     0.88    
  SINCE OCT 1      9.59                      6.12   3.47     3.95    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.31                      3.18   2.13     2.65    
                                                                     
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       16                        20     -4       27       
  MONTH TO DATE  245                       281    -36      282       
  SINCE MAR 1   1114                      1133    -19     1056       
  SINCE JUL 1   6385                      6745   -360     6365       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     50           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        80      1988                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        21      1983                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 14 2006.........SUNRISE   651 AM MDT   SUNSET   824 PM MDT   
APRIL 15 2006.........SUNRISE   649 AM MDT   SUNSET   825 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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