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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT THU MAY 6 2004

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...THE KALISPELL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2004

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    357 PM  85    1966  62      1       53       
  MINIMUM         40   1159 PM  26    1965  36      4       39       
  AVERAGE         52                        49      3       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.71 1979   0.06  -0.06     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.27  -0.27     0.53    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.78                      9.28  -1.50     6.10    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.39                      5.22  -0.83     4.05    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      5.2                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      5.2                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                        16     -3       19       
  MONTH TO DATE   53                        84    -31       88       
  SINCE MAR 1   1469                      1657   -188     1622       
  SINCE JUL 1   7335                      7631   -296     7172       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76          M400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27          M600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE KALISPELL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        82      1992                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        22      2001                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  6 2004...........SUNRISE   609 AM MDT   SUNSET   859 PM MDT   
MAY  7 2004...........SUNRISE   608 AM MDT   SUNSET   900 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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