000 CDUS45 KMSO 100739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST THU MAR 10 2005 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 9 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 64R 143 PM 62 1972 46 18 50 MINIMUM 31 726 AM -2 1932 26 5 28 AVERAGE 48 36 12 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 0.27 1978 0.03 0.06 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.09 0.27 -0.18 0.38 SINCE OCT 1 2.17 5.04 -2.87 4.77 SINCE JAN 1 0.87 2.10 -1.23 1.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 11.8 SINCE JUL 1 21.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 29 -12 26 MONTH TO DATE 189 272 -83 261 SINCE MAR 1 189 272 -83 261 SINCE JUL 1 5498 5884 -386 5701 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 32 100 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 69 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -2 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 10 2005.........SUNRISE 658 AM MST SUNSET 635 PM MST MARCH 11 2005.........SUNRISE 657 AM MST SUNSET 637 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$