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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
140 AM MDT MON MAY 15 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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         82    446 PM  92    1917  65     17       70       
  MINIMUM         37    538 AM  29    1995  39     -2       43       
  AVERAGE         60                        52      8       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.59 1955   0.06  -0.06     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      0.80  -0.78     1.09    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.15                      7.62   2.53     6.28    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.87                      4.68   1.19     4.98    
                                                                     
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        5                        13     -8        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  215                       198     17      176       
  SINCE MAR 1   1634                      1646    -12     1564       
  SINCE JUL 1   6905                      7258   -353     6873       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.1                                         
                                                                     
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    70           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     15           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    43                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        89      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        29      1974                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 15 2006...........SUNRISE   601 AM MDT   SUNSET   905 PM MDT   
MAY 16 2006...........SUNRISE   600 AM MDT   SUNSET   906 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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