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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1246 AM MST FRI MAR 18 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         41    459 PM  71    1972  49     -8       53       
  MINIMUM         25   1159 PM   1    1965  27     -2       42       
  AVERAGE         33                        38     -5       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.08          1.00 1901   0.03   0.05     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51                      0.51   0.00     0.42    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.59                      5.28  -2.69     4.81    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.29                      2.34  -1.05     1.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.8                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    3.8                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     15.6                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     25.7                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        27      5       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  383                       494   -111      439       
  SINCE MAR 1    383                       494   -111      439       
  SINCE JUL 1   5692                      6106   -414     5879       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        70      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28        -2      1965                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 18 2005.........SUNRISE   643 AM MST   SUNSET   647 PM MST   
MARCH 19 2005.........SUNRISE   641 AM MST   SUNSET   648 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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