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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT THU MAR 22 2007


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 2007...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2007


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         46    438 PM  70    1939  50     -4       49       
  MINIMUM         32    738 AM   3    1913  28      4       32       
  AVERAGE         39                        39      0       41      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.28 1906   0.04  -0.04      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.16                      0.66  -0.50     0.74    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.86                      5.43   0.43     6.62    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.51                      2.49  -0.98     2.34    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.7                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     19.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       26                        26      0       24       
  MONTH TO DATE  474                       598   -124      640       
  SINCE MAR 1    474                       598   -124      640       
  SINCE JUL 1   5574                      6210   -636     5911       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        70      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29         4      1966                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 22 2007.........SUNRISE   736 AM MDT   SUNSET   751 PM MDT   
MARCH 23 2007.........SUNRISE   734 AM MDT   SUNSET   753 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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