000 CDUS45 KMSO 040740 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST WED MAR 4 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 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 48 354 PM 65 1905 44 4 42 MINIMUM 29 712 AM -8 1917 25 4 25 AVERAGE 39 34 5 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.21 1991 0.03 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.09 -0.07 T SINCE OCT 1 5.35 4.86 0.49 3.54 SINCE JAN 1 1.34 1.92 -0.58 1.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 13.5 SINCE JUL 1 34.1 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 31 -5 31 MONTH TO DATE 81 93 -12 88 SINCE MAR 1 81 93 -12 88 SINCE JUL 1 5357 5705 -348 5290 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 S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 50 400 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 65 1968 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -9 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2009.........SUNRISE 710 AM MST SUNSET 627 PM MST MARCH 5 2009.........SUNRISE 708 AM MST SUNSET 628 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$