000 CDUS45 KMSO 040738 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1237 AM MST TUE MAR 4 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 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 42 411 PM 65 1905 44 -2 42 MINIMUM 25 322 AM -8 1917 25 0 24 AVERAGE 34 34 0 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.21 1991 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.09 -0.09 0.02 SINCE OCT 1 3.54 4.86 -1.32 5.72 SINCE JAN 1 1.37 1.92 -0.55 1.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 0.1 SINCE JAN 1 17.4 SINCE JUL 1 35.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 31 0 32 MONTH TO DATE 88 93 -5 111 SINCE MAR 1 88 93 -5 111 SINCE JUL 1 5290 5705 -415 5211 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1100 PM LOWEST 50 400 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 65 1968 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -9 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2008.........SUNRISE 709 AM MST SUNSET 627 PM MST MARCH 5 2008.........SUNRISE 708 AM MST SUNSET 629 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$