000 CDUS45 KMSO 130739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 138 AM MDT THU MAR 13 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12 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 48 324 PM 69 1900 47 1 63 MINIMUM 31 350 AM -3 1956 27 4 44 AVERAGE 40 37 3 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.60 1905 0.03 -0.03 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.37 0.36 0.01 0.10 SINCE OCT 1 3.91 5.13 -1.22 5.80 SINCE JAN 1 1.74 2.19 -0.45 1.45 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 25 28 -3 11 MONTH TO DATE 327 357 -30 296 SINCE MAR 1 327 357 -30 296 SINCE JUL 1 5529 5969 -440 5396 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 300 AM LOWEST 31 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 69 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -6 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 13 2008.........SUNRISE 752 AM MDT SUNSET 740 PM MDT MARCH 14 2008.........SUNRISE 750 AM MDT SUNSET 741 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$