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CDUS45 KMSO 040747
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
144 AM MDT THU MAY 4 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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    328 PM  87    1918  64     -8       59       
  MINIMUM         27    457 AM  22    1894  37    -10       41       
  AVERAGE         42                        50     -8       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.00 1893   0.05  -0.05     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.15  -0.15     0.08    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.13                      6.97   3.16     5.27    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.85                      4.03   1.82     3.97    
                                                                     
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       23                        15      8       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   61                        46     15       48       
  SINCE MAR 1   1480                      1494    -14     1436       
  SINCE JUL 1   6751                      7106   -355     6745       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        86      1966                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        25      1996                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  4 2006...........SUNRISE   616 AM MDT   SUNSET   851 PM MDT   
MAY  5 2006...........SUNRISE   615 AM MDT   SUNSET   852 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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