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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT WED MAY 24 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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   1242 PM  89    1941  68      4       60       
  MINIMUM         47   1136 PM  26    1966  41      6       37       
  AVERAGE         60                        55      5       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          1.10 1980   0.07  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.33                      1.41  -1.08     2.25    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.46                      8.23   2.23     7.44    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.18                      5.29   0.89     6.14    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    T                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                        10     -5       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  227                       300    -73      305       
  SINCE MAR 1   1646                      1748   -102     1693       
  SINCE JUL 1   6917                      7360   -443     7002       
                                                                     
 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         
                                                                     
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    86           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        93      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        28      1916                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 24 2006...........SUNRISE   552 AM MDT   SUNSET   915 PM MDT   
MAY 25 2006...........SUNRISE   551 AM MDT   SUNSET   916 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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