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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
152 AM MDT MON APR 24 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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         54    254 PM  84    1977  61     -7       70       
  MINIMUM         36   1159 PM  23    1924  34      2       36       
  AVERAGE         45                        47     -2       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.79 1925   0.04  -0.04     0.27    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.01                      0.78   2.23     1.60    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.04                      6.51   3.53     4.67    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.76                      3.57   2.19     3.37    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       20                        18      2       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  450                       469    -19      481       
  SINCE MAR 1   1319                      1321     -2     1255       
  SINCE JUL 1   6590                      6933   -343     6564       
                                                                     
 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    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    73          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     22           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        87      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        20      2002                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 24 2006.........SUNRISE   633 AM MDT   SUNSET   837 PM MDT   
APRIL 25 2006.........SUNRISE   631 AM MDT   SUNSET   839 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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