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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT THU APR 29 2010


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...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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         45    434 PM  87    1987  61    -16       39       
  MINIMUM         38    912 AM  20    1955  35      3       32       
                                      1907                          
  AVERAGE         42                        48     -6       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.04          0.64 1943   0.05  -0.01     0.15    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.01                      1.01   0.00     0.47    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.46                      6.74  -2.28     7.27    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.96                      3.80  -0.84     3.26    
                                                                     
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       23                        17      6       29       
  MONTH TO DATE  570                       555     15      579       
  SINCE MAR 1   1347                      1407    -60     1543       
  SINCE JUL 1   6658                      7019   -361     6819       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        86      1926                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        23      1950                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 29 2010.........SUNRISE   624 AM MDT   SUNSET   844 PM MDT   
APRIL 30 2010.........SUNRISE   623 AM MDT   SUNSET   845 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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