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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SAT APR 24 2010


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...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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         59    325 PM  84    1977  61     -2       53       
  MINIMUM         32    519 AM  22    1968  34     -2       33       
                                      1967                          
  AVERAGE         46                        47     -1       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.79 1925   0.04  -0.04     0.05    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.83                      0.78   0.05     0.32    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.28                      6.51  -2.23     7.12    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.78                      3.57  -0.79     3.11    
                                                                     
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       19                        18      1       22       
  MONTH TO DATE  469                       469      0      454       
  SINCE MAR 1   1246                      1321    -75     1418       
  SINCE JUL 1   6557                      6933   -376     6694       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       

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THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        87      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        20      2002                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 24 2010.........SUNRISE   633 AM MDT   SUNSET   837 PM MDT   
APRIL 25 2010.........SUNRISE   631 AM MDT   SUNSET   839 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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