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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
453 PM MST SAT MAR 30 2002

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...THE KALISPELL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30 2002...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         50    249 PM  71    1966  50      0       43       
  MINIMUM         34    624 AM   5    1936  28      6       24       
  AVERAGE         42                        39      3       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.47 1963   0.03  -0.03     0.07    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.95                      1.07  -0.12     0.76    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.82                      7.75  -2.93     3.77    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.10                      3.69  -1.59     2.20    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY           MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE   MM                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     MM                                                 
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           23                        26     -3       31       
  MONTH TO DATE 1207                       900    307      899       
  SINCE MAR 1   1207                       900    307      899       
  SINCE JUL 1   6713                      6874   -161     7271       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            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    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE KALISPELL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   52        67      1994                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28         5      1936                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 30 2002.........SUNRISE   619 AM MST   SUNSET   705 PM MST   
MARCH 31 2002.........SUNRISE   617 AM MST   SUNSET   706 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.