000 CDUS45 KMSO 160748 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST THU MAR 16 2006 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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 41 205 PM 71 1994 48 -7 53 MINIMUM 27 735 AM -7 1906 27 0 27 AVERAGE 34 38 -4 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.35 1982 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.74 0.45 0.29 0.43 SINCE OCT 1 6.62 5.22 1.40 2.51 SINCE JAN 1 2.34 2.28 0.06 1.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.0 SINCE JAN 1 9.8 SINCE JUL 1 21.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 27 4 25 MONTH TO DATE 482 440 42 330 SINCE MAR 1 482 440 42 330 SINCE JUL 1 5753 6052 -299 5639 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 54 600 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 67 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -4 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2006.........SUNRISE 647 AM MST SUNSET 643 PM MST MARCH 17 2006.........SUNRISE 645 AM MST SUNSET 645 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$