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CDUS45 KMSO 010738
CLIGPI


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2016


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...THE KALISPELL MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 2016...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2016


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    550 PM  81    1968  61      2       64       
  MINIMUM         32    601 AM  20    2013  34     -2       34       
                                      1982                          
  AVERAGE         48                        47      1       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.66 1961   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.58                      1.24   0.34     0.35    
  SINCE OCT 1      9.22                      8.63   0.59    11.62    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.17                      4.63   0.54     5.54    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     14.6                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     41.4                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        18     -1       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  463                       640   -177      629       
  SINCE MAR 1   1293                      1559   -266     1424       
  SINCE JUL 1   6595                      7411   -816     6874       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE KALISPELL MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        78      1985                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        17      1899                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  1 2016...........SUNRISE   617 AM MDT   SUNSET   852 PM MDT   
MAY  2 2016...........SUNRISE   616 AM MDT   SUNSET   853 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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