000 CDUS45 KMSO 120737 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 137 AM MDT THU MAR 12 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 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 31 233 PM 72 1900 47 -16 49 MINIMUM 4 726 AM -6 1969 26 -22 34 AVERAGE 18 37 -19 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.47 1901 0.03 -0.03 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.06 0.33 -0.27 0.33 SINCE OCT 1 5.39 5.10 0.29 3.87 SINCE JAN 1 1.38 2.16 -0.78 1.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.4 SINCE JAN 1 14.9 SINCE JUL 1 35.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 47 28 19 23 MONTH TO DATE 389 329 60 302 SINCE MAR 1 389 329 60 302 SINCE JUL 1 5665 5941 -276 5504 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 N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 400 AM LOWEST 39 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 69 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -3 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2009.........SUNRISE 755 AM MDT SUNSET 738 PM MDT MARCH 13 2009.........SUNRISE 753 AM MDT SUNSET 740 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$