000 CDUS45 KMSO 060739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST THU MAR 6 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 40 509 PM 61 1905 44 -4 54 MINIMUM 26 722 AM -13 1955 25 1 28 AVERAGE 33 35 -2 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 0.31 1919 0.03 0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.15 0.21 0.02 SINCE OCT 1 3.90 4.92 -1.02 5.72 SINCE JAN 1 1.73 1.98 -0.25 1.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.2 MONTH TO DATE 5.7 SINCE JAN 1 23.0 SINCE JUL 1 40.6 SNOW DEPTH 5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 30 2 24 MONTH TO DATE 151 154 -3 158 SINCE MAR 1 151 154 -3 158 SINCE JUL 1 5353 5766 -413 5258 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1000 AM LOWEST 59 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 61 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -3 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2008.........SUNRISE 706 AM MST SUNSET 630 PM MST MARCH 7 2008.........SUNRISE 704 AM MST SUNSET 631 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$