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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
219 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 10 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         55    511 PM  90    1940  64     -9       51       
  MINIMUM         45    630 AM  24    1894  38      7       32       
  AVERAGE         50                        51     -1       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.34          0.78 1896   0.06   0.28     0.26    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.10                      0.56   0.54     0.34    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.29                      7.38  -1.09     6.40    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.99                      4.44   0.55     3.50    
                                                                     
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                        14      1       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  129                       146    -17       91       
  SINCE MAR 1   1517                      1594    -77     1340       
  SINCE JUL 1   6826                      7206   -380     6780       
                                                                     
 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    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        90      1993                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        23      1973                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 11 2005...........SUNRISE   606 AM MDT   SUNSET   900 PM MDT   
MAY 12 2005...........SUNRISE   605 AM MDT   SUNSET   901 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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