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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
255 AM MDT TUE APR 18 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         46    413 PM  86    1936  59    -13       52       
  MINIMUM         30   1145 PM  19    1896  33     -3       38       
  AVERAGE         38                        46     -8       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.08          0.35 1956   0.04   0.04     0.23    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.01                      0.54   2.47     1.31    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.04                      6.27   3.77     4.38    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.76                      3.33   2.43     3.08    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.5                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       27                        19      8       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  334                       359    -25      368       
  SINCE MAR 1   1203                      1211     -8     1142       
  SINCE JUL 1   6474                      6823   -349     6451       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        88      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        18      1977                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 18 2006.........SUNRISE   643 AM MDT   SUNSET   829 PM MDT   
APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE   641 AM MDT   SUNSET   830 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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