000 CDUS45 KMSO 060738 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST FRI MAR 6 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 42 1246 PM 61 1905 44 -2 40 MINIMUM 28 1159 PM -13 1955 25 3 26 AVERAGE 35 35 0 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.31 1919 0.03 -0.02 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.15 -0.12 0.32 SINCE OCT 1 5.36 4.92 0.44 3.86 SINCE JAN 1 1.35 1.98 -0.63 1.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.4 MONTH TO DATE 0.4 SINCE JAN 1 13.9 SINCE JUL 1 34.5 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 30 0 32 MONTH TO DATE 138 154 -16 151 SINCE MAR 1 138 154 -16 151 SINCE JUL 1 5414 5766 -352 5353 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 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 700 PM LOWEST 45 100 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 61 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -3 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2009.........SUNRISE 706 AM MST SUNSET 630 PM MST MARCH 7 2009.........SUNRISE 704 AM MST SUNSET 631 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$