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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
146 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2009


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...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009


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    301 PM  89    2008  66     19       89       
                                      2006                          
  MINIMUM         38    551 AM  24    1966  40     -2       43       
  AVERAGE         62                        53      9       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.93 1991   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.66                      0.99  -0.33     0.18    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.93                      7.81   0.12     4.98    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.92                      4.87  -0.95     2.81    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     24.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     44.9                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                        12     -9        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  285                       234     51      247       
  SINCE MAR 1   1879                      1682    197     1841       
  SINCE JUL 1   7155                      7294   -139     7043       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        1       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        1       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        1       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        1       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3                                         

                                                                     
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    76           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     13           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    45                                                       

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THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        88      2006                    
                                             1954                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        22      1965                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 18 2009...........SUNRISE   557 AM MDT   SUNSET   909 PM MDT   
MAY 19 2009...........SUNRISE   556 AM MDT   SUNSET   910 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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