000 CDUS45 KMSO 200741 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST MON MAR 20 2006 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 19 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 42 400 PM 70 1910 50 -8 44 MINIMUM 31 1159 PM 8 1974 28 3 27 AVERAGE 37 39 -2 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.39 1977 0.04 -0.04 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 0.74 0.58 0.16 0.63 SINCE OCT 1 6.62 5.35 1.27 2.71 SINCE JAN 1 2.34 2.41 -0.07 1.41 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 5.0 SINCE JAN 1 9.8 SINCE JUL 1 21.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 26 2 29 MONTH TO DATE 588 546 42 444 SINCE MAR 1 588 546 42 444 SINCE JUL 1 5859 6158 -299 5753 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 400 AM LOWEST 39 300 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 70 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 -2 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 20 2006.........SUNRISE 639 AM MST SUNSET 649 PM MST MARCH 21 2006.........SUNRISE 637 AM MST SUNSET 650 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$