000 CDUS45 KMSO 180739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 139 AM MDT WED MAR 18 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 43 135 PM 71 2007 49 -6 49 1972 MINIMUM 31 834 AM 1 1965 27 4 34 AVERAGE 37 38 -1 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.10 1.00 1901 0.03 0.07 T MONTH TO DATE 0.37 0.51 -0.14 0.48 SINCE OCT 1 5.70 5.28 0.42 4.02 SINCE JAN 1 1.69 2.34 -0.65 1.85 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 2.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.4 SINCE JAN 1 16.9 SINCE JUL 1 37.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 27 1 23 MONTH TO DATE 570 494 76 457 SINCE MAR 1 570 494 76 457 SINCE JUL 1 5846 6106 -260 5659 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 200 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 70 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 -2 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2009.........SUNRISE 743 AM MDT SUNSET 747 PM MDT MARCH 19 2009.........SUNRISE 741 AM MDT SUNSET 748 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$