000 CDUS45 KMSO 050737 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1237 AM MST THU MAR 5 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 47 229 PM 65 1968 44 3 39 1905 MINIMUM 28 647 AM -9 1989 25 3 29 AVERAGE 38 34 4 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.53 1944 0.03 -0.03 0.30 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.12 -0.10 0.30 SINCE OCT 1 5.35 4.89 0.46 3.84 SINCE JAN 1 1.34 1.95 -0.61 1.67 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 13.5 SINCE JUL 1 34.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 31 -4 31 MONTH TO DATE 108 124 -16 119 SINCE MAR 1 108 124 -16 119 SINCE JUL 1 5384 5736 -352 5321 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 37 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 61 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -13 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2009.........SUNRISE 708 AM MST SUNSET 628 PM MST MARCH 6 2009.........SUNRISE 706 AM MST SUNSET 630 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$