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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 7 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         85    558 PM  99    1989  82      3       74       
  MINIMUM         58    532 AM  31    1971  50      8       48       
  AVERAGE         72                        66      6       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.57 1946   0.04  -0.04     0.04    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.28  -0.28     0.24    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.55                     10.78  -0.23    11.40    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.25                      7.84   1.41     8.50    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        4       
  MONTH TO DATE   10                        19     -9        9       
  SINCE JUN 1    255                       197     58      179       
  SINCE JUL 1     10                        19     -9        9       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                         3      4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                        21      0       15       
  SINCE JUN 1     37                        54    -17       57       
  SINCE JAN 1     37                        57    -20       57       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    72           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     22           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    47                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82       101      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        36      1959                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY  8 2005..........SUNRISE   551 AM MDT   SUNSET   932 PM MDT   
JULY  9 2005..........SUNRISE   552 AM MDT   SUNSET   931 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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