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CDUS45 KMSO 050748
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
147 AM MDT FRI MAY 5 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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         62    504 PM  86    1966  64     -2       55       
  MINIMUM         32    615 AM  25    1996  37     -5       37       
  AVERAGE         47                        50     -3       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.82 1993   0.05  -0.05     0.10    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.20  -0.20     0.18    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.13                      7.02   3.11     5.37    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.85                      4.08   1.77     4.07    
                                                                     
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       18                        15      3       19       
  MONTH TO DATE   79                        61     18       67       
  SINCE MAR 1   1498                      1509    -11     1455       
  SINCE JUL 1   6769                      7121   -352     6764       
                                                                     
 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    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    66           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    47                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        86      1966                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        22      1996                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  5 2006...........SUNRISE   615 AM MDT   SUNSET   852 PM MDT   
MAY  6 2006...........SUNRISE   613 AM MDT   SUNSET   853 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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