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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT WED MAY 18 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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        MM  87    1973  66    -11       67        
  MINIMUM         37        MM  24    1966  40     -3       44        
  AVERAGE         46                        53     -7       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.08          0.93 1991   0.07   0.01      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.82                      0.99   0.83     1.59    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.01                      7.81  -0.80     7.65    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.71                      4.87   0.84     4.75    
                                                                     
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       19                        12      7        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  220                       234    -14      221       
  SINCE MAR 1   1608                      1682    -74     1470       
  SINCE JUL 1   6917                      7294   -377     6910       
                                                                     
 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    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3                                         
                                                                     
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           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        88      1954                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        22      1965                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 18 2005...........SUNRISE   557 AM MDT   SUNSET   909 PM MDT   
MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE   556 AM MDT   SUNSET   910 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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