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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
441 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 29 2008...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         37    330 PM  75    1978  53    -16       55       
  MINIMUM         25    603 AM   5    1954  29     -4       25       
  AVERAGE         31                        41    -10       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.01          0.49 1899   0.03  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.71                      0.90  -0.19     0.31    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.25                      5.67  -1.42     6.01    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.08                      2.73  -0.65     1.66    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.1                                               
  MONTH TO DATE   10.9                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     28.2                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     45.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           34                        24     10       25       
  MONTH TO DATE  820                       794     26      638       
  SINCE MAR 1    820                       794     26      638       
  SINCE JUL 1   6022                      6406   -384     5738       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            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 (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    MM           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     MM           100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    MM                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        78      2004                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30         8      1936                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 29 2008.........SUNRISE   720 AM MDT   SUNSET   802 PM MDT   
MARCH 30 2008.........SUNRISE   718 AM MDT   SUNSET   804 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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