000 CDUS45 KMSO 240740 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 138 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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 44 317 PM 71 1939 51 -7 55 MINIMUM 31 1159 PM -1 1964 29 2 21 AVERAGE 38 40 -2 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.29 1998 0.03 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.72 -0.25 0.59 SINCE OCT 1 5.80 5.49 0.31 4.13 SINCE JAN 1 1.79 2.55 -0.76 1.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 3.4 SINCE JAN 1 16.9 SINCE JUL 1 37.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 25 2 27 MONTH TO DATE 706 648 58 624 SINCE MAR 1 706 648 58 624 SINCE JUL 1 5982 6260 -278 5826 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 500 AM LOWEST 45 500 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 71 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 -9 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 24 2009.........SUNRISE 731 AM MDT SUNSET 755 PM MDT MARCH 25 2009.........SUNRISE 729 AM MDT SUNSET 756 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$