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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT FRI MAY 19 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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         88R   313 PM  88    1954  66     22       62       
  MINIMUM         47    515 AM  22    1965  40      7       37       
  AVERAGE         68                        53     15       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.46 1896   0.07  -0.07     0.05    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      1.06  -1.04     1.84    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.15                      7.88   2.27     7.03    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.87                      4.94   0.93     5.73    
                                                                     
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        0                        12    -12       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  215                       246    -31      235       
  SINCE MAR 1   1634                      1694    -60     1623       
  SINCE JUL 1   6905                      7306   -401     6932       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         0      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   11                         0     11        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     11                         0     11        0       
  SINCE JAN 1     11                         0     11        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                         
                                                                     
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    71           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     20           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    46                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        91      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        27      1974                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 19 2006...........SUNRISE   557 AM MDT   SUNSET   910 PM MDT   
MAY 20 2006...........SUNRISE   556 AM MDT   SUNSET   911 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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