000 CDUS45 KMSO 290737 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1237 AM MST FRI FEB 29 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 49 135 PM 60 2006 42 7 38 1967 1895 MINIMUM 32 1159 PM -13 1960 24 8 22 AVERAGE 41 33 8 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.66 1953 0.03 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.94 0.77 0.17 1.03 SINCE OCT 1 3.54 4.77 -1.23 5.70 SINCE JAN 1 1.37 1.83 -0.46 1.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 8.5 SINCE JAN 1 17.3 SINCE JUL 1 34.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 32 -8 35 MONTH TO DATE 863 1008 -145 897 SINCE DEC 1 3340 3597 -257 3330 SINCE JUL 1 5177 5612 -435 5100 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 400 AM LOWEST 53 500 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 57 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -8 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2008......SUNRISE 717 AM MST SUNSET 621 PM MST MARCH 1 2008.........SUNRISE 715 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. $$