000 CDUS45 KMSO 020742 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 1 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 45 406 PM 61 1994 43 2 32 MINIMUM 31 1159 PM -3 1960 24 7 19 AVERAGE 38 34 4 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.40 1904 0.03 -0.03 0.02 MONTH TO DATE T 0.03 -0.03 0.02 SINCE OCT 1 3.54 4.80 -1.26 5.72 SINCE JAN 1 1.37 1.86 -0.49 1.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 0.1 SINCE JAN 1 17.4 SINCE JUL 1 35.0 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 31 -4 39 MONTH TO DATE 27 31 -4 39 SINCE MAR 1 27 31 -4 39 SINCE JUL 1 5229 5643 -414 5139 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 45 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... 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 2008.........SUNRISE 713 AM MST SUNSET 624 PM MST MARCH 3 2008.........SUNRISE 711 AM MST SUNSET 626 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$