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CDUS45 KMSO 110739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT THU MAY 11 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 10 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         66    425 PM  90    1940  64      2       55       
  MINIMUM         28    529 AM  24    1894  38    -10       45       
  AVERAGE         47                        51     -4       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.78 1896   0.06  -0.06     0.34    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      0.56  -0.54     1.07    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.15                      7.38   2.77     6.26    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.87                      4.44   1.43     4.96    
                                                                     
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                        14      4       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  179                       146     33      129       
  SINCE MAR 1   1598                      1594      4     1517       
  SINCE JUL 1   6869                      7206   -337     6826       
                                                                     
 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     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.8                                         
                                                                     
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    69           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     18           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    44                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        90      1993                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        23      1973                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 11 2006...........SUNRISE   606 AM MDT   SUNSET   900 PM MDT   
MAY 12 2006...........SUNRISE   605 AM MDT   SUNSET   901 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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