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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
150 AM MDT TUE MAY 9 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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         54    207 PM  84    1987  64    -10       63       
  MINIMUM         37   1159 PM  21    1999  37      0       48       
  AVERAGE         46                        51     -5       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.86 1948   0.06  -0.05     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.44  -0.43     0.64    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.14                      7.26   2.88     5.83    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.86                      4.32   1.54     4.53    
                                                                     
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                        14      5        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  140                       118     22      105       
  SINCE MAR 1   1559                      1566     -7     1493       
  SINCE JUL 1   6830                      7178   -348     6802       
                                                                     
 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    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        85      1994                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        23      2002                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  9 2006...........SUNRISE   609 AM MDT   SUNSET   857 PM MDT   
MAY 10 2006...........SUNRISE   608 AM MDT   SUNSET   859 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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