000 CDUS45 KMSO 090740 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST THU MAR 9 2006 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 42 252 PM 66 1906 46 -4 64 MINIMUM 28 124 AM -6 1951 26 2 38 AVERAGE 35 36 -1 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.80 1904 0.03 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.69 0.24 0.45 T SINCE OCT 1 6.57 5.01 1.56 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 2.29 2.07 0.22 0.78 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.5 MONTH TO DATE 3.9 SINCE JAN 1 8.7 SINCE JUL 1 20.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 29 1 14 MONTH TO DATE 242 243 -1 172 SINCE MAR 1 242 243 -1 172 SINCE JUL 1 5513 5855 -342 5481 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 AM LOWEST 41 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 64 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -2 1932 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2006.........SUNRISE 701 AM MST SUNSET 634 PM MST MARCH 10 2006.........SUNRISE 659 AM MST SUNSET 635 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$