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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT TUE APR 25 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 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    429 PM  87    1910  61     -7       70       
  MINIMUM         31    329 AM  20    2002  34     -3       41       
  AVERAGE         43                        47     -4       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.53 1956   0.04  -0.04      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    3.01                      0.82   2.19     1.60    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.04                      6.55   3.49     4.67    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.76                      3.61   2.15     3.37    
                                                                     
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       22                        18      4        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  472                       487    -15      490       
  SINCE MAR 1   1341                      1339      2     1264       
  SINCE JUL 1   6612                      6951   -339     6573       
                                                                     
 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    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    56           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    43                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        90      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        23      1929                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 25 2006.........SUNRISE   631 AM MDT   SUNSET   839 PM MDT   
APRIL 26 2006.........SUNRISE   629 AM MDT   SUNSET   840 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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