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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
209 AM MDT WED APR 19 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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         45    505 PM  88    1936  59    -14       52       
  MINIMUM         27    608 AM  18    1977  33     -6       30       
  AVERAGE         36                        46    -10       41      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.39 1912   0.04  -0.04     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.01                      0.58   2.43     1.32    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.04                      6.31   3.73     4.39    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.76                      3.37   2.39     3.09    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       29                        19     10       24       
  MONTH TO DATE  363                       378    -15      392       
  SINCE MAR 1   1232                      1230      2     1166       
  SINCE JUL 1   6503                      6842   -339     6475       
                                                                     
 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        83      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        14      1951                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE   641 AM MDT   SUNSET   830 PM MDT   
APRIL 20 2006.........SUNRISE   640 AM MDT   SUNSET   832 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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