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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT MON MAR 10 2008


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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 9 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         53    439 PM  64    2005  46      7       52       
  MINIMUM         31   1036 PM  -2    1932  26      5       32       
  AVERAGE         42                        36      6       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.27 1978   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.36                      0.27   0.09     0.03    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.90                      5.04  -1.14     5.73    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.73                      2.10  -0.37     1.38    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    5.7                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     23.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     40.6                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       23                        29     -6       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  257                       272    -15      246       
  SINCE MAR 1    257                       272    -15      246       
  SINCE JUL 1   5459                      5884   -425     5346       
                                                                     
 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       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.1                                         

                                                                      
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    89           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     24           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       

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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        69      1900                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   26        -2      1948                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 10 2008.........SUNRISE   758 AM MDT   SUNSET   736 PM MDT   
MARCH 11 2008.........SUNRISE   756 AM MDT   SUNSET   737 PM MDT   

                                                                     
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

 


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