000 CDUS45 KMSO 020738 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST THU MAR 2 2006 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 1 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 47 338 PM 61 1994 43 4 53 MINIMUM 27 1156 PM -4 1922 24 3 31 AVERAGE 37 34 3 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.40 1904 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.03 -0.03 0.00 SINCE OCT 1 5.88 4.80 1.08 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 1.60 1.86 -0.26 0.78 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 4.8 SINCE JUL 1 16.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 31 -3 23 MONTH TO DATE 28 31 -3 23 SINCE MAR 1 28 31 -3 23 SINCE JUL 1 5299 5643 -344 5332 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 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 800 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 66 1994 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -8 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 2 2006.........SUNRISE 714 AM MST SUNSET 623 PM MST MARCH 3 2006.........SUNRISE 712 AM MST SUNSET 625 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$