000 CDUS45 KMSO 170738 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 138 AM MDT TUE MAR 17 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 39 502 PM 67 1972 49 -10 45 MINIMUM 32 929 PM -4 1906 27 5 31 AVERAGE 36 38 -2 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 0.30 1907 0.03 0.00 T MONTH TO DATE 0.27 0.48 -0.21 0.48 SINCE OCT 1 5.60 5.25 0.35 4.02 SINCE JAN 1 1.59 2.31 -0.72 1.85 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 1.4 SINCE JAN 1 14.9 SINCE JUL 1 35.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 27 2 27 MONTH TO DATE 542 467 75 434 SINCE MAR 1 542 467 75 434 SINCE JUL 1 5818 6079 -261 5636 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 300 PM LOWEST 59 800 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 71 2007 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 1 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2009.........SUNRISE 745 AM MDT SUNSET 745 PM MDT MARCH 18 2009.........SUNRISE 743 AM MDT SUNSET 747 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$