000 CDUS45 KMSO 070738 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1237 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 51 433 PM 61 2007 45 6 61 MINIMUM 30 1122 PM -3 1943 25 5 32 AVERAGE 41 35 6 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.31 1989 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.18 0.18 0.02 SINCE OCT 1 3.90 4.95 -1.05 5.72 SINCE JAN 1 1.73 2.01 -0.28 1.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.7 SINCE JAN 1 23.0 SINCE JUL 1 40.6 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 30 -6 18 MONTH TO DATE 175 184 -9 176 SINCE MAR 1 175 184 -9 176 SINCE JUL 1 5377 5796 -419 5276 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 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 300 AM LOWEST 39 400 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 62 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -4 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2008.........SUNRISE 704 AM MST SUNSET 631 PM MST MARCH 8 2008.........SUNRISE 702 AM MST SUNSET 633 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$