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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 22 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         57    245 PM  89    1988  68    -11       55       
  MINIMUM         40   1159 PM  22    1960  41     -1       42       
  AVERAGE         49                        54     -5       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.10          0.95 1908   0.07   0.03     0.35    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.28                      1.34   0.94     2.92    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.47                      8.16  -0.69     8.98    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.17                      5.22   0.95     6.08    
                                                                     
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       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  289                       290     -1      288       
  SINCE MAR 1   1677                      1738    -61     1537       
  SINCE JUL 1   6986                      7350   -364     6977       
                                                                     
 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    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.8                                         
                                                                     
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    86          1100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     59           400 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        89      1941                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        26      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 23 2005...........SUNRISE   552 AM MDT   SUNSET   915 PM MDT   
MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE   551 AM MDT   SUNSET   916 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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