000 CDUS45 KMSO 270740 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 138 AM MDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 26 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 35 544 PM 72 1946 52 -17 46 MINIMUM 19 739 AM -3 1955 29 -10 21 AVERAGE 27 41 -14 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.50 1981 0.03 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.97 0.81 0.16 0.59 SINCE OCT 1 6.30 5.58 0.72 4.13 SINCE JAN 1 2.29 2.64 -0.35 1.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 7.8 SINCE JAN 1 21.3 SINCE JUL 1 41.9 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 38 24 14 31 MONTH TO DATE 807 722 85 719 SINCE MAR 1 807 722 85 719 SINCE JUL 1 6083 6334 -251 5921 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 300 AM LOWEST 38 600 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 73 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 4 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 27 2009.........SUNRISE 725 AM MDT SUNSET 759 PM MDT MARCH 28 2009.........SUNRISE 723 AM MDT SUNSET 801 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$