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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
143 AM MDT FRI MAY 20 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 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         65    500 PM  91    2002  67     -2       64       
  MINIMUM         44   1155 PM  27    1974  40      4       46       
  AVERAGE         55                        54      1       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.12          1.49 1902   0.07   0.05     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.99                      1.13   0.86     1.99    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.18                      7.95  -0.77     8.05    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.88                      5.01   0.87     5.15    
                                                                     
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       10                        11     -1       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  245                       257    -12      247       
  SINCE MAR 1   1633                      1705    -72     1496       
  SINCE JUL 1   6942                      7317   -375     6936       
                                                                     
 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    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        90      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        28      1989                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 20 2005...........SUNRISE   555 AM MDT   SUNSET   911 PM MDT   
MAY 21 2005...........SUNRISE   554 AM MDT   SUNSET   912 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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