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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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         60    632 PM  89    1941  68     -8       49       
  MINIMUM         37    535 AM  26    1966  41     -4       40       
  AVERAGE         49                        55     -6       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.10 1980   0.07  -0.07     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.28                      1.41   0.87     2.98    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.47                      8.23  -0.76     9.04    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.17                      5.29   0.88     6.14    
                                                                     
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                        10      6       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  305                       300      5      308       
  SINCE MAR 1   1693                      1748    -55     1557       
  SINCE JUL 1   7002                      7360   -358     6997       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        93      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        28      1916                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE   551 AM MDT   SUNSET   916 PM MDT   
MAY 25 2005...........SUNRISE   551 AM MDT   SUNSET   917 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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