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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT MON APR 19 2004

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         54    602 PM  88    1936  59     -5       52       
  MINIMUM         29    531 AM  18    1977  33     -4       33       
  AVERAGE         42                        46     -4       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.39 1912   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.77                      0.58   0.19     0.90    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.76                      6.31  -0.55     6.29    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.86                      3.37  -0.51     5.24    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    T                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     21.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     41.9                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       23                        19      4       22       
  MONTH TO DATE  323                       378    -55      379       
  SINCE MAR 1   1035                      1230   -195     1195       
  SINCE JUL 1   6475                      6842   -367     6416       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96          M200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41          M100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        83      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        14      1951                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 19 2004.........SUNRISE   641 AM MDT   SUNSET   831 PM MDT   
APRIL 20 2004.........SUNRISE   639 AM MDT   SUNSET   832 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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