000 CDUS45 KMSO 180741 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 141 AM MDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 49 302 PM 71 2007 49 0 71 1972 MINIMUM 34 446 AM 1 1965 27 7 31 AVERAGE 42 38 4 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.00 1901 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.56 0.51 0.05 0.16 SINCE OCT 1 4.10 5.28 -1.18 5.86 SINCE JAN 1 1.93 2.34 -0.41 1.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 6.9 SINCE JAN 1 24.2 SINCE JUL 1 41.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 27 -4 14 MONTH TO DATE 457 494 -37 394 SINCE MAR 1 457 494 -37 394 SINCE JUL 1 5659 6106 -447 5494 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 SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1100 PM LOWEST 37 300 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 70 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 -2 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2008.........SUNRISE 742 AM MDT SUNSET 747 PM MDT MARCH 19 2008.........SUNRISE 740 AM MDT SUNSET 748 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$