000 CDUS45 KMSO 220739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 139 AM MDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 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 42 247 PM 70 1939 50 -8 46 MINIMUM 30 819 AM 3 1913 28 2 32 AVERAGE 36 39 -3 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 0.28 1906 0.04 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.67 0.66 0.01 0.16 SINCE OCT 1 4.21 5.43 -1.22 5.86 SINCE JAN 1 2.04 2.49 -0.45 1.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 2.0 MONTH TO DATE 9.1 SINCE JAN 1 26.4 SINCE JUL 1 44.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 26 3 26 MONTH TO DATE 567 598 -31 474 SINCE MAR 1 567 598 -31 474 SINCE JUL 1 5769 6210 -441 5574 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 41 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 70 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 4 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 22 2008.........SUNRISE 734 AM MDT SUNSET 753 PM MDT MARCH 23 2008.........SUNRISE 732 AM MDT SUNSET 754 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$