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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT SUN MAY 4 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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         66    211 PM  86    1966  64      2       47       
  MINIMUM         29    512 AM  22    1894  37     -8       32       
  AVERAGE         48                        50     -2       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.40 1932   0.05  -0.05     0.76    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.15  -0.15     0.80    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.80                      6.97  -2.17     7.73    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.63                      4.03  -1.40     3.38    
                                                                     
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       17                        15      2       25       
  MONTH TO DATE   62                        46     16       38       
  SINCE MAR 1   1656                      1494    162     1282       
  SINCE JUL 1   6858                      7106   -248     6382       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.5                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    69           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     18           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    44                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        87      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        25      1996                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  4 2008...........SUNRISE   616 AM MDT   SUNSET   851 PM MDT   
MAY  5 2008...........SUNRISE   614 AM MDT   SUNSET   853 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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