000 CDUS45 KMSO 010739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST WED MAR 1 2006 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 60R 325 PM 60 1967 42 18 52 MINIMUM 36 1151 PM -13 1960 24 12 20 AVERAGE 48 33 15 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 0.66 1953 0.03 0.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.37 0.77 -0.40 0.14 SINCE OCT 1 5.88 4.77 1.11 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 1.60 1.83 -0.23 0.78 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.3 SINCE JAN 1 4.8 SINCE JUL 1 16.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 32 -15 29 MONTH TO DATE 1036 1019 17 948 SINCE DEC 1 3394 3597 -203 3359 SINCE JUL 1 5271 5612 -341 5309 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 39 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 AM LOWEST 32 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 61 1994 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -4 1922 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2006.........SUNRISE 716 AM MST SUNSET 622 PM MST MARCH 2 2006.........SUNRISE 714 AM MST SUNSET 623 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$