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CDUS45 KMSO 040746
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
144 AM MDT WED MAY 4 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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         59    231 PM  87    1918  64     -5       75       
  MINIMUM         41   1159 PM  22    1894  37      4       48       
  AVERAGE         50                        50      0       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.08          1.00 1893   0.05   0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.08                      0.15  -0.07     0.00    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.27                      6.97  -1.70     6.06    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.97                      4.03  -0.06     3.16    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     29.1                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                        15      0        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   48                        46      2       19       
  SINCE MAR 1   1436                      1494    -58     1268       
  SINCE JUL 1   6745                      7106   -361     6708       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           500 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        86      1966                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        25      1996                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  4 2005...........SUNRISE   616 AM MDT   SUNSET   851 PM MDT   
MAY  5 2005...........SUNRISE   614 AM MDT   SUNSET   852 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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