000 CDUS45 KMSO 160740 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 139 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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 46 200 PM 71 1994 48 -2 50 MINIMUM 30 557 AM -7 1906 27 3 29 AVERAGE 38 38 0 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.12 0.35 1982 0.03 0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.56 0.45 0.11 0.10 SINCE OCT 1 4.10 5.22 -1.12 5.80 SINCE JAN 1 1.93 2.28 -0.35 1.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.7 MONTH TO DATE 6.8 SINCE JAN 1 24.1 SINCE JUL 1 41.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 27 0 25 MONTH TO DATE 407 440 -33 362 SINCE MAR 1 407 440 -33 362 SINCE JUL 1 5609 6052 -443 5462 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1000 PM LOWEST 41 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 67 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -4 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2008.........SUNRISE 746 AM MDT SUNSET 744 PM MDT MARCH 17 2008.........SUNRISE 744 AM MDT SUNSET 746 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$