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CDUS45 KMSO 070744
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
140 AM MDT SAT MAY 7 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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         70    338 PM  85    1992  64      6       72       
  MINIMUM         45   1159 PM  25    1999  37      8       36       
  AVERAGE         58                        51      7       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.31          0.60 1980   0.06   0.25     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.62                      0.32   0.30     0.05    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.81                      7.14  -1.33     6.11    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.51                      4.20   0.31     3.21    
                                                                     
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        7                        14     -7       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   84                        90     -6       43       
  SINCE MAR 1   1472                      1538    -66     1292       
  SINCE JUL 1   6781                      7150   -369     6732       
                                                                     
 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    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        89      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        26      1984                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  7 2005...........SUNRISE   612 AM MDT   SUNSET   855 PM MDT   
MAY  8 2005...........SUNRISE   610 AM MDT   SUNSET   856 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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