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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 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         82    210 PM  91    2002  67     15       73       
  MINIMUM         57   1144 PM  27    1974  40     17       46       
  AVERAGE         70                        54     16       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.49 1902   0.07  -0.07      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.18                      1.13  -0.95     1.01    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.98                      7.95  -2.97     7.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.81                      5.01  -2.20     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                        11    -11        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  247                       257    -10      155       
  SINCE MAR 1   1841                      1705    136     1399       
  SINCE JUL 1   7043                      7317   -274     6499       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         0      5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         0      8        4       
  SINCE MAR 1      8                         0      8        4       
  SINCE JAN 1      8                         0      8        4       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.7                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    51           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     18           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    35                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        88      1958                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        28      1989                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 20 2008...........SUNRISE   555 AM MDT   SUNSET   911 PM MDT   
MAY 21 2008...........SUNRISE   554 AM MDT   SUNSET   913 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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