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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
205 AM MDT THU APR 20 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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         58    503 PM  83    1910  59     -1       52       
  MINIMUM         25    518 AM  14    1951  33     -8       36       
  AVERAGE         42                        46     -4       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.43 1984   0.04  -0.04      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    3.01                      0.62   2.39     1.32    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.04                      6.35   3.69     4.39    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.76                      3.41   2.35     3.09    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       23                        19      4       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  386                       397    -11      413       
  SINCE MAR 1   1255                      1249      6     1187       
  SINCE JUL 1   6526                      6861   -335     6496       
                                                                     
 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     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        84      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        16      1927                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 20 2006.........SUNRISE   640 AM MDT   SUNSET   832 PM MDT   
APRIL 21 2006.........SUNRISE   638 AM MDT   SUNSET   833 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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