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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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         81    435 PM  90    1928  68     13       63       
  MINIMUM         45    535 AM  28    1960  41      4       43       
  AVERAGE         63                        54      9       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.54 1981   0.07  -0.07      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.17                      1.27  -1.10     2.15    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.30                      8.09   2.21     7.34    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.02                      5.15   0.87     6.04    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    T                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                        11     -9       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  220                       279    -59      273       
  SINCE MAR 1   1639                      1727    -88     1661       
  SINCE JUL 1   6910                      7339   -429     6970       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                         0     15        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     15                         0     15        0       
  SINCE JAN 1     15                         0     15        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        89      1988                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        22      1960                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 22 2006...........SUNRISE   554 AM MDT   SUNSET   913 PM MDT   
MAY 23 2006...........SUNRISE   553 AM MDT   SUNSET   914 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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