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CDUS45 KMSO 080738
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT THU MAY 8 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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         58    131 PM  89    1987  64     -6       73       
  MINIMUM         41   1118 PM  26    1984  37      4       43       
  AVERAGE         50                        51     -1       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.73 1933   0.06  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      0.38  -0.36     0.86    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.82                      7.20  -2.38     7.79    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.65                      4.26  -1.61     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       15                        14      1        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  113                       104      9      105       
  SINCE MAR 1   1707                      1552    155     1349       
  SINCE JUL 1   6909                      7164   -255     6449       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        89      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        21      1999                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  8 2008...........SUNRISE   610 AM MDT   SUNSET   857 PM MDT   
MAY  9 2008...........SUNRISE   608 AM MDT   SUNSET   858 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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