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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT THU APR 27 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26 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         67    402 PM  83    1992  61      6       69       
  MINIMUM         34    428 AM  23    1962  35     -1       36       
  AVERAGE         51                        48      3       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.42 1943   0.05  -0.05      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    3.02                      0.91   2.11     1.60    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.05                      6.64   3.41     4.67    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.77                      3.70   2.07     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       14                        17     -3       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  504                       521    -17      513       
  SINCE MAR 1   1373                      1373      0     1287       
  SINCE JUL 1   6644                      6985   -341     6596       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     22           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        85      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        12      1907                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 27 2006.........SUNRISE   627 AM MDT   SUNSET   841 PM MDT   
APRIL 28 2006.........SUNRISE   626 AM MDT   SUNSET   843 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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