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CDUS45 KMSO 050737
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT MON MAY 5 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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         69    529 PM  87    1918  64      5       49       
  MINIMUM         34    607 AM  25    1996  37     -3       28       
  AVERAGE         52                        50      2       39      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.82 1993   0.05  -0.05     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.20  -0.20     0.86    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.80                      7.02  -2.22     7.79    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.63                      4.08  -1.45     3.44    
                                                                     
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       13                        15     -2       26       
  MONTH TO DATE   75                        61     14       64       
  SINCE MAR 1   1669                      1509    160     1308       
  SINCE JUL 1   6871                      7121   -250     6408       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.5                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     19           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        86      1966                    
                                             1911                    
                                             1897                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        22      1996                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  5 2008...........SUNRISE   614 AM MDT   SUNSET   853 PM MDT   
MAY  6 2008...........SUNRISE   613 AM MDT   SUNSET   854 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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