000 CDUS45 KMSO 080741 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1241 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 48 526 PM 62 1906 45 3 56 MINIMUM 23 636 AM -4 1920 26 -3 28 AVERAGE 36 35 1 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.30 2003 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.21 0.15 0.02 SINCE OCT 1 3.90 4.98 -1.08 5.72 SINCE JAN 1 1.73 2.04 -0.31 1.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.7 SINCE JAN 1 23.0 SINCE JUL 1 40.6 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 30 -1 23 MONTH TO DATE 204 214 -10 199 SINCE MAR 1 204 214 -10 199 SINCE JUL 1 5406 5826 -420 5299 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 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 900 AM LOWEST 42 500 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 66 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -6 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2008.........SUNRISE 702 AM MST SUNSET 633 PM MST MARCH 9 2008.........SUNRISE 800 AM MDT SUNSET 734 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$