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CDUS45 KMSO 030745
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
144 AM MDT WED MAY 3 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         56    436 PM  85    1924  64     -8       65       
  MINIMUM         35   1159 PM  25    1894  37     -2       32       
  AVERAGE         46                        50     -4       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.81 1980   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.13                      6.92   3.21     5.19    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.85                      3.98   1.87     3.89    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       19                        15      4       16       
  MONTH TO DATE   38                        31      7       33       
  SINCE MAR 1   1457                      1479    -22     1421       
  SINCE JUL 1   6728                      7091   -363     6730       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    59          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     26           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    43                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        87      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        22      1894                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  3 2006...........SUNRISE   618 AM MDT   SUNSET   849 PM MDT   
MAY  4 2006...........SUNRISE   616 AM MDT   SUNSET   851 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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