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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT SUN MAY 8 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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         60    218 PM  89    1987  64     -4       81       
  MINIMUM         45   1217 AM  26    1984  37      8       43       
  AVERAGE         53                        51      2       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.73 1933   0.06  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.63                      0.38   0.25     0.05    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.82                      7.20  -1.38     6.11    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.52                      4.26   0.26     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       12                        14     -2        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   96                       104     -8       46       
  SINCE MAR 1   1484                      1552    -68     1295       
  SINCE JUL 1   6793                      7164   -371     6735       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     61           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        84      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        21      1999                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  8 2005...........SUNRISE   610 AM MDT   SUNSET   856 PM MDT   
MAY  9 2005...........SUNRISE   609 AM MDT   SUNSET   858 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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