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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT FRI MAY 7 2010


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...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 2010...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2010


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         50    511 PM  85    1992  64    -14       57       
                                      1953                          
  MINIMUM         32    547 AM  25    1999  37     -5       34       
                                      1977                          
                                      1927                          
  AVERAGE         41                        51    -10       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.60 1980   0.06  -0.06     0.05    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.26                      0.32  -0.06     0.42    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.89                      7.14  -2.25     7.69    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.39                      4.20  -0.81     3.68    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    T                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1      8.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     17.6                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        14     10       19       
  MONTH TO DATE  139                        90     49      109       
  SINCE MAR 1   1533                      1538     -5     1703       
  SINCE JUL 1   6844                      7150   -306     6979       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      1                         0      1        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      1                         0      1        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2                                         

                                                                     
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    70          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     26           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       

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THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        89      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        26      1984                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  7 2010...........SUNRISE   612 AM MDT   SUNSET   855 PM MDT   
MAY  8 2010...........SUNRISE   610 AM MDT   SUNSET   856 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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