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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT THU MAR 25 2010


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...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24 2010...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2010


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         57    426 PM  71    2007  51      6       40       
  MINIMUM         23    656 AM  -9    1965  29     -6       26       
  AVERAGE         40                        40      0       33      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.32 1899   0.03  -0.03     0.02    
                                      1896                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.65                      0.75  -0.10     0.46    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.08                      5.52  -2.44     5.79    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.58                      2.58  -1.00     1.78    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.8                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      8.2                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     17.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        25      0       32       
  MONTH TO DATE  613                       673    -60      738       
  SINCE MAR 1    613                       673    -60      738       
  SINCE JUL 1   5924                      6285   -361     6014       
                                                                     
 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     6   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.8                                         

                                                                     
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    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       

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THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        70      1960                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        -7      1955                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 25 2010.........SUNRISE   729 AM MDT   SUNSET   756 PM MDT   
MARCH 26 2010.........SUNRISE   727 AM MDT   SUNSET   757 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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