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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
158 AM MDT SUN APR 30 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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         75    541 PM  86    1926  62     13       51       
  MINIMUM         39    556 AM  23    1950  35      4       26       
  AVERAGE         57                        49      8       39      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.60 1913   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.05                      1.06   1.99     2.12    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.08                      6.79   3.29     5.19    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.80                      3.85   1.95     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        8                        16     -8       26       
  MONTH TO DATE  534                       571    -37      592       
  SINCE MAR 1   1403                      1423    -20     1366       
  SINCE JUL 1   6674                      7035   -361     6675       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.8                                         
                                                                     
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    85           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        82      1941                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        20      1909                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 30 2006.........SUNRISE   623 AM MDT   SUNSET   845 PM MDT   
MAY  1 2006...........SUNRISE   621 AM MDT   SUNSET   847 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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