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CDUS45 KMSO 010811
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
211 AM MDT MON MAY 1 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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         59   1205 AM  82    1941  63     -4       57       
  MINIMUM         39   1153 PM  20    1909  36      3       28       
  AVERAGE         49                        49      0       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          1.60 1951   0.05   0.00     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.10                      1.09   2.01     2.12    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.13                      6.82   3.31     5.19    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.85                      3.88   1.97     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       16                        16      0       22       
  MONTH TO DATE  550                       587    -37      614       
  SINCE MAR 1   1419                      1448    -29     1388       
  SINCE JUL 1   6690                      7060   -370     6697       
                                                                     
 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     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        82      1901                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        21      1954                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  1 2006...........SUNRISE   621 AM MDT   SUNSET   847 PM MDT   
MAY  2 2006...........SUNRISE   619 AM MDT   SUNSET   848 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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