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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT SAT MAY 21 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 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         61    340 PM  90    1919  67     -6       67       
  MINIMUM         37    324 AM  28    1989  40     -3       40       
  AVERAGE         49                        54     -5       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.19          1.29 1957   0.07   0.12     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.18                      1.20   0.98     2.00    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.37                      8.02  -0.65     8.06    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.07                      5.08   0.99     5.16    
                                                                     
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       16                        11      5       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  261                       268     -7      258       
  SINCE MAR 1   1649                      1716    -67     1507       
  SINCE JUL 1   6958                      7328   -370     6947       
                                                                     
 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     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     62          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        90      1928                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        28      1960                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 21 2005...........SUNRISE   554 AM MDT   SUNSET   912 PM MDT   
MAY 22 2005...........SUNRISE   553 AM MDT   SUNSET   913 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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