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CDUS45 KMSO 130741
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT FRI MAY 13 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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         66    505 PM  91    1993  65      1       47       
  MINIMUM         35    507 AM  21    1985  39     -4       34       
  AVERAGE         51                        52     -1       41      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.31 1900   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.10                      0.68   0.42     1.19    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.29                      7.50  -1.21     7.25    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.99                      4.56   0.43     4.35    
                                                                     
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       14                        13      1       24       
  MONTH TO DATE  158                       172    -14      140       
  SINCE MAR 1   1546                      1620    -74     1389       
  SINCE JUL 1   6855                      7232   -377     6829       
                                                                     
 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     24           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        90      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        24      1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 13 2005...........SUNRISE   603 AM MDT   SUNSET   903 PM MDT   
MAY 14 2005...........SUNRISE   602 AM MDT   SUNSET   904 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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