000 CDUS45 KMSO 240738 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 138 AM MDT MON MAR 24 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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 55 403 PM 71 1939 51 4 59 MINIMUM 21 655 AM -1 1964 29 -8 37 AVERAGE 38 40 -2 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.29 1998 0.03 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.67 0.72 -0.05 0.16 SINCE OCT 1 4.21 5.49 -1.28 5.86 SINCE JAN 1 2.04 2.55 -0.51 1.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 9.1 SINCE JAN 1 26.4 SINCE JUL 1 44.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 25 2 17 MONTH TO DATE 624 648 -24 516 SINCE MAR 1 624 648 -24 516 SINCE JUL 1 5826 6260 -434 5616 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 700 AM LOWEST 28 300 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 71 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 -9 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 24 2008.........SUNRISE 730 AM MDT SUNSET 755 PM MDT MARCH 25 2008.........SUNRISE 728 AM MDT SUNSET 757 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$