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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
141 AM MDT THU MAY 19 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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         62    356 PM  88    1954  66     -4       56       
  MINIMUM         37    519 AM  22    1965  40     -3       41       
  AVERAGE         50                        53     -3       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          0.46 1896   0.07  -0.02     0.34    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.87                      1.06   0.81     1.93    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.06                      7.88  -0.82     7.99    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.76                      4.94   0.82     5.09    
                                                                     
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                        12      3       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  235                       246    -11      237       
  SINCE MAR 1   1623                      1694    -71     1486       
  SINCE JUL 1   6932                      7306   -374     6926       
                                                                     
 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    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        91      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        27      1974                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE   556 AM MDT   SUNSET   910 PM MDT   
MAY 20 2005...........SUNRISE   555 AM MDT   SUNSET   911 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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