000 CDUS45 KMSO 170745 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 144 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 45 459 PM 67 1972 49 -4 55 MINIMUM 31 649 AM -4 1906 27 4 39 AVERAGE 38 38 0 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.30 1907 0.03 -0.03 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.56 0.48 0.08 0.16 SINCE OCT 1 4.10 5.25 -1.15 5.86 SINCE JAN 1 1.93 2.31 -0.38 1.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 6.9 SINCE JAN 1 24.2 SINCE JUL 1 41.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 27 0 18 MONTH TO DATE 434 467 -33 380 SINCE MAR 1 434 467 -33 380 SINCE JUL 1 5636 6079 -443 5480 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1200 AM LOWEST 49 400 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 71 2007 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 1 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2008.........SUNRISE 744 AM MDT SUNSET 746 PM MDT MARCH 18 2008.........SUNRISE 742 AM MDT SUNSET 747 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$