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CDUS45 KMSO 120739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT FRI MAY 12 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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         72    329 PM  90    1993  65      7       58       
  MINIMUM         39    509 AM  23    1973  38      1       42       
  AVERAGE         56                        52      4       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.19 1900   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      0.62  -0.60     1.07    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.15                      7.44   2.71     6.26    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.87                      4.50   1.37     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        9                        13     -4       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  188                       159     29      144       
  SINCE MAR 1   1607                      1607      0     1532       
  SINCE JUL 1   6878                      7219   -341     6841       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     21           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    46                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        91      1993                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        21      1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 12 2006...........SUNRISE   605 AM MDT   SUNSET   901 PM MDT   
MAY 13 2006...........SUNRISE   604 AM MDT   SUNSET   902 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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