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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
140 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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         71    204 PM  86    1966  64      7       60       
                                      1911                          
                                      1897                          
  MINIMUM         34    548 AM  22    1996  37     -3       31       
  AVERAGE         53                        50      3       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.88 1983   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.26  -0.26     0.86    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.80                      7.08  -2.28     7.79    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.63                      4.14  -1.51     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       12                        15     -3       19       
  MONTH TO DATE   87                        76     11       83       
  SINCE MAR 1   1681                      1524    157     1327       
  SINCE JUL 1   6883                      7136   -253     6427       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.5                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    75           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     20           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        85      1992                    
                                             1953                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        25      1999                    
                                             1977                    
                                             1927                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  6 2008...........SUNRISE   613 AM MDT   SUNSET   854 PM MDT   
MAY  7 2008...........SUNRISE   611 AM MDT   SUNSET   855 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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