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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SUN APR 23 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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         55    337 PM  83    1969  60     -5       67       
  MINIMUM         40   1115 PM  18    1951  34      6       39       
  AVERAGE         48                        47      1       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.70 1994   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.01                      0.74   2.27     1.33    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.04                      6.47   3.57     4.40    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.76                      3.53   2.23     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       17                        18     -1       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  430                       451    -21      469       
  SINCE MAR 1   1299                      1303     -4     1243       
  SINCE JUL 1   6570                      6915   -345     6552       
                                                                     
 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    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     54           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        84      1977                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        23      1924                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 23 2006.........SUNRISE   634 AM MDT   SUNSET   836 PM MDT   
APRIL 24 2006.........SUNRISE   633 AM MDT   SUNSET   837 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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