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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
151 AM MDT SAT APR 22 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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         73    329 PM  82    1934  60     13       58       
  MINIMUM         34    524 AM  15    1951  34      0       30       
  AVERAGE         54                        47      7       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.62 1898   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.01                      0.70   2.31     1.33    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.04                      6.43   3.61     4.40    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.76                      3.49   2.27     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       11                        18     -7       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  413                       433    -20      457       
  SINCE MAR 1   1282                      1285     -3     1231       
  SINCE JUL 1   6553                      6897   -344     6540       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     23           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        83      1969                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        18      1951                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 22 2006.........SUNRISE   636 AM MDT   SUNSET   834 PM MDT   
APRIL 23 2006.........SUNRISE   634 AM MDT   SUNSET   836 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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