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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT MON MAY 19 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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         85    255 PM  88    2006  66     19       82       
                                      1954                          
  MINIMUM         49    506 AM  22    1965  40      9       52       
  AVERAGE         67                        53     14       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.46 1896   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.18                      1.06  -0.88     1.01    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.98                      7.88  -2.90     7.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.81                      4.94  -2.13     3.59    
                                                                     
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        0                        12    -12        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  247                       246      1      150       
  SINCE MAR 1   1841                      1694    147     1394       
  SINCE JUL 1   7043                      7306   -263     6494       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         0      2        2       
  MONTH TO DATE    3                         0      3        4       
  SINCE MAR 1      3                         0      3        4       
  SINCE JAN 1      3                         0      3        4       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    63           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     19           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    41                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        91      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        27      1974                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 19 2008...........SUNRISE   556 AM MDT   SUNSET   910 PM MDT   
MAY 20 2008...........SUNRISE   555 AM MDT   SUNSET   911 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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