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CDUS45 KMSO 110739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 10 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         63    212 PM  90    1940  64     -1       74       
  MINIMUM         29    506 AM  24    1894  38     -9       48       
  AVERAGE         46                        51     -5       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.78 1896   0.06  -0.06     0.14    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      0.56  -0.54     1.00    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.82                      7.38  -2.56     7.93    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.65                      4.44  -1.79     3.58    
                                                                     
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       19                        14      5        4       
  MONTH TO DATE  173                       146     27      114       
  SINCE MAR 1   1767                      1594    173     1358       
  SINCE JUL 1   6969                      7206   -237     6458       
                                                                     
 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     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.9                                         

                                                                      
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    85           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     20           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        90      1993                    
                                             1941                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        23      1973                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 11 2008...........SUNRISE   606 AM MDT   SUNSET   900 PM MDT   
MAY 12 2008...........SUNRISE   604 AM MDT   SUNSET   902 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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