000 CDUS45 KMSO 050739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST WED MAR 5 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 39 218 PM 65 1968 44 -5 54 1905 MINIMUM 29 1141 PM -9 1989 25 4 30 AVERAGE 34 34 0 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31 0.53 1944 0.03 0.28 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 0.12 0.19 0.02 SINCE OCT 1 3.85 4.89 -1.04 5.72 SINCE JAN 1 1.68 1.95 -0.27 1.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 4.4 MONTH TO DATE 4.5 SINCE JAN 1 21.8 SINCE JUL 1 39.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 31 0 23 MONTH TO DATE 119 124 -5 134 SINCE MAR 1 119 124 -5 134 SINCE JUL 1 5321 5736 -415 5234 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 SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 200 AM LOWEST 70 1100 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 61 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -13 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2008.........SUNRISE 708 AM MST SUNSET 629 PM MST MARCH 6 2008.........SUNRISE 706 AM MST SUNSET 630 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$