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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
147 AM MDT FRI MAY 2 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 2008...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         53    404 PM  82    1901  63    -10       80       
  MINIMUM         26    516 AM  21    1954  36    -10       36       
  AVERAGE         40                        49     -9       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.76 1915   0.05  -0.05      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.05  -0.05      T      
  SINCE OCT 1      4.80                      6.87  -2.07     6.93    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.63                      3.93  -1.30     2.58    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     32.2                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     49.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        16      9        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   25                        16      9        7       
  SINCE MAR 1   1619                      1464    155     1251       
  SINCE JUL 1   6821                      7076   -255     6351       
                                                                     
 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.1                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        84      1985                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        25      1894                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  2 2008...........SUNRISE   619 AM MDT   SUNSET   849 PM MDT   
MAY  3 2008...........SUNRISE   617 AM MDT   SUNSET   850 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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