000 CDUS45 KMSO 160739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 138 AM MDT MON MAR 16 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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 53 305 PM 71 1994 48 5 46 MINIMUM 31 301 AM -7 1906 27 4 30 AVERAGE 42 38 4 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.18 0.35 1982 0.03 0.15 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.24 0.45 -0.21 0.48 SINCE OCT 1 5.57 5.22 0.35 4.02 SINCE JAN 1 1.56 2.28 -0.72 1.85 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 23 27 -4 27 MONTH TO DATE 513 440 73 407 SINCE MAR 1 513 440 73 407 SINCE JUL 1 5789 6052 -263 5609 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 900 PM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 67 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -4 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2009.........SUNRISE 747 AM MDT SUNSET 744 PM MDT MARCH 17 2009.........SUNRISE 745 AM MDT SUNSET 745 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$