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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT FRI APR 23 2010


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...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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   1226 PM  83    1969  60     -3       74       
  MINIMUM         39   1159 PM  18    1951  34      5       37       
  AVERAGE         48                        47      1       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.70 1994   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.83                      0.74   0.09     0.27    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.28                      6.47  -2.19     7.07    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.78                      3.53  -0.75     3.06    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.6                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      8.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     17.6                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        18     -1        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  450                       451     -1      432       
  SINCE MAR 1   1227                      1303    -76     1396       
  SINCE JUL 1   6538                      6915   -377     6672       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         0      1        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      1                         0      1        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      1                         0      1        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     59           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        84      1977                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        22      1968                    
                                             1967                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 23 2010.........SUNRISE   634 AM MDT   SUNSET   836 PM MDT   
APRIL 24 2010.........SUNRISE   633 AM MDT   SUNSET   837 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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