000 CDUS45 KMSO 270739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST FRI FEB 27 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 37 1253 AM 60 1896 41 -4 43 MINIMUM 25 1130 PM -10 1962 23 2 30 AVERAGE 31 32 -1 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.29 0.52 1976 0.03 0.26 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.70 0.71 -0.01 0.94 SINCE OCT 1 5.33 4.71 0.62 3.54 SINCE JAN 1 1.32 1.77 -0.45 1.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 2.1 MONTH TO DATE 3.9 SINCE JAN 1 13.5 SINCE JUL 1 34.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 33 1 28 MONTH TO DATE 883 943 -60 809 SINCE DEC 1 3481 3521 -40 3286 SINCE JUL 1 5196 5536 -340 5123 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 63 700 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 64 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -8 1993 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2009......SUNRISE 719 AM MST SUNSET 619 PM MST FEBRUARY 28 2009......SUNRISE 717 AM MST SUNSET 621 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$