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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
157 AM MDT SAT MAY 6 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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         71    526 PM  86    1966  64      7       68       
  MINIMUM         30    527 AM  22    1996  37     -7       42       
  AVERAGE         51                        50      1       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.88 1983   0.06  -0.06     0.13    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.26  -0.26     0.31    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.13                      7.08   3.05     5.50    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.85                      4.14   1.71     4.20    
                                                                     
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       14                        15     -1       10       
  MONTH TO DATE   93                        76     17       77       
  SINCE MAR 1   1512                      1524    -12     1465       
  SINCE JUL 1   6783                      7136   -353     6774       
                                                                     
 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     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.3                                         
                                                                     
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    78           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     21           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    50                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        85      1992                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        25      1999                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  6 2006...........SUNRISE   613 AM MDT   SUNSET   853 PM MDT   
MAY  7 2006...........SUNRISE   612 AM MDT   SUNSET   855 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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