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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
143 AM MDT THU MAY 24 2007


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 2007...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2007


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         60    307 PM  89    1941  68     -8       72       
  MINIMUM         37    536 AM  26    1966  41     -4       47       
  AVERAGE         49                        55     -6       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.07          1.10 1980   0.07   0.00     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.66                      1.41   0.25     0.33    
  SINCE OCT 1      8.59                      8.23   0.36    10.46    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.24                      5.29  -1.05     6.18    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     19.9                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                        10      6        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  220                       300    -80      227       
  SINCE MAR 1   1464                      1748   -284     1646       
  SINCE JUL 1   6564                      7360   -796     6917       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    4                         0      4       15       
  SINCE MAR 1      4                         0      4       15       
  SINCE JAN 1      4                         0      4       15       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     44           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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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 2007...........SUNRISE   552 AM MDT   SUNSET   915 PM MDT   
MAY 25 2007...........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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