000 CDUS45 KMSO 180856 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 255 AM MDT TUE APR 18 2006 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 46 413 PM 86 1936 59 -13 52 MINIMUM 30 1145 PM 19 1896 33 -3 38 AVERAGE 38 46 -8 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 0.35 1956 0.04 0.04 0.23 MONTH TO DATE 3.01 0.54 2.47 1.31 SINCE OCT 1 10.04 6.27 3.77 4.38 SINCE JAN 1 5.76 3.33 2.43 3.08 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.5 MONTH TO DATE 0.5 SINCE JAN 1 10.3 SINCE JUL 1 21.8 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 19 8 20 MONTH TO DATE 334 359 -25 368 SINCE MAR 1 1203 1211 -8 1142 SINCE JUL 1 6474 6823 -349 6451 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 200 AM LOWEST 53 100 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 88 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 18 1977 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2006.........SUNRISE 643 AM MDT SUNSET 829 PM MDT APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE 641 AM MDT SUNSET 830 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$