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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT FRI APR 21 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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         68    558 PM  84    1980  60      8       48       
  MINIMUM         29    619 AM  16    1927  33     -4       36       
  AVERAGE         49                        47      2       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.60 1984   0.04  -0.04     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.01                      0.66   2.35     1.33    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.04                      6.39   3.65     4.40    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.76                      3.45   2.31     3.10    
                                                                     
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       16                        18     -2       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  402                       415    -13      436       
  SINCE MAR 1   1271                      1267      4     1210       
  SINCE JUL 1   6542                      6879   -337     6519       
                                                                     
 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     7   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     8   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.2                                         
                                                                     
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    85           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     24           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        82      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        15      1951                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 21 2006.........SUNRISE   638 AM MDT   SUNSET   833 PM MDT   
APRIL 22 2006.........SUNRISE   636 AM MDT   SUNSET   834 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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