000 CDUS45 KMSO 120740 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 139 AM MDT WED MAR 12 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 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 49 1202 PM 72 1900 47 2 63 MINIMUM 34 533 AM -6 1969 26 8 35 AVERAGE 42 37 5 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.47 1901 0.03 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.37 0.33 0.04 0.03 SINCE OCT 1 3.91 5.10 -1.19 5.73 SINCE JAN 1 1.74 2.16 -0.42 1.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 5.7 SINCE JAN 1 23.0 SINCE JUL 1 40.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 28 -5 16 MONTH TO DATE 302 329 -27 285 SINCE MAR 1 302 329 -27 285 SINCE JUL 1 5504 5941 -437 5385 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 700 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 69 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -3 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2008.........SUNRISE 754 AM MDT SUNSET 739 PM MDT MARCH 13 2008.........SUNRISE 752 AM MDT SUNSET 740 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$