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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
158 AM MDT SAT APR 29 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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         72    559 PM  87    1987  61     11       48       
  MINIMUM         36    543 AM  20    1955  35      1       25       
  AVERAGE         54                        48      6       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.64 1943   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.02                      1.01   2.01     2.12    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.05                      6.74   3.31     5.19    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.77                      3.80   1.97     3.89    
                                                                     
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       11                        17     -6       28       
  MONTH TO DATE  526                       555    -29      566       
  SINCE MAR 1   1395                      1407    -12     1340       
  SINCE JUL 1   6666                      7019   -353     6649       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        86      1926                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        23      1950                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 29 2006.........SUNRISE   624 AM MDT   SUNSET   844 PM MDT   
APRIL 30 2006.........SUNRISE   623 AM MDT   SUNSET   845 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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