000 CDUS45 KMSO 190750 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 149 AM MDT WED MAR 19 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 18 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 48 248 PM 70 1910 49 -1 63 MINIMUM 32 1143 PM -2 1965 28 4 38 AVERAGE 40 39 1 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 0.63 1972 0.03 0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.60 0.54 0.06 0.16 SINCE OCT 1 4.14 5.31 -1.17 5.86 SINCE JAN 1 1.97 2.37 -0.40 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 25 26 -1 14 MONTH TO DATE 482 520 -38 408 SINCE MAR 1 482 520 -38 408 SINCE JUL 1 5684 6132 -448 5508 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 (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 100 AM LOWEST 53 300 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 70 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 8 1974 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 19 2008.........SUNRISE 740 AM MDT SUNSET 748 PM MDT MARCH 20 2008.........SUNRISE 738 AM MDT SUNSET 750 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$