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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT FRI APR 28 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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         66    351 PM  85    1987  61      5       47       
  MINIMUM         42   1148 PM  12    1907  35      7       32       
  AVERAGE         54                        48      6       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.00 1907   0.05  -0.05     0.52    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.02                      0.96   2.06     2.12    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.05                      6.69   3.36     5.19    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.77                      3.75   2.02     3.89    
                                                                     
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       11                        17     -6       25       
  MONTH TO DATE  515                       538    -23      538       
  SINCE MAR 1   1384                      1390     -6     1312       
  SINCE JUL 1   6655                      7002   -347     6621       
                                                                     
 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 (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    60          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     25           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    43                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        87      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        20      1955                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 28 2006.........SUNRISE   626 AM MDT   SUNSET   843 PM MDT   
APRIL 29 2006.........SUNRISE   624 AM MDT   SUNSET   844 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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