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CDUS45 KMSO 260738
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT WED APR 26 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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         58    249 PM  90    1910  61     -3       70       
  MINIMUM         35    621 AM  23    1929  35      0       37       
  AVERAGE         47                        48     -1       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.72 1901   0.04  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.02                      0.86   2.16     1.60    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.05                      6.59   3.46     4.67    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.77                      3.65   2.12     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       18                        17      1       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  490                       504    -14      501       
  SINCE MAR 1   1359                      1356      3     1275       
  SINCE JUL 1   6630                      6968   -338     6584       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     38           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        83      1992                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        23      1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 26 2006.........SUNRISE   629 AM MDT   SUNSET   840 PM MDT   
APRIL 27 2006.........SUNRISE   627 AM MDT   SUNSET   841 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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