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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SUN MAY 15 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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    324 PM  92    1917  65      5       63       
  MINIMUM         43    530 AM  29    1995  39      4       30       
  AVERAGE         57                        52      5       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.59 1955   0.06  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.12                      0.80   0.32     1.22    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.31                      7.62  -1.31     7.28    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.01                      4.68   0.33     4.38    
                                                                     
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        8                        13     -5       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  176                       198    -22      182       
  SINCE MAR 1   1564                      1646    -82     1431       
  SINCE JUL 1   6873                      7258   -385     6871       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        89      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        29      1974                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 15 2005...........SUNRISE   601 AM MDT   SUNSET   905 PM MDT   
MAY 16 2005...........SUNRISE   600 AM MDT   SUNSET   906 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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