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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
147 AM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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         70    241 PM  85    1992  64      6       70       
  MINIMUM         35    534 AM  25    1999  37     -2       45       
  AVERAGE         53                        51      2       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.60 1980   0.06  -0.06     0.31    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.32  -0.32     0.62    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.13                      7.14   2.99     5.81    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.85                      4.20   1.65     4.51    
                                                                     
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       12                        14     -2        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  105                        90     15       84       
  SINCE MAR 1   1524                      1538    -14     1472       
  SINCE JUL 1   6795                      7150   -355     6781       
                                                                     
 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    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     23           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    47                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        89      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        26      1984                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  7 2006...........SUNRISE   612 AM MDT   SUNSET   855 PM MDT   
MAY  8 2006...........SUNRISE   610 AM MDT   SUNSET   856 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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