619 CDUS45 KMSO 180738 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 138 AM MDT THU MAR 18 2010 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 55 312 PM 71 2007 49 6 43 1972 MINIMUM 31 351 AM 1 1965 27 4 31 AVERAGE 43 38 5 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.00 1901 0.03 -0.03 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.55 0.51 0.04 0.34 SINCE OCT 1 2.98 5.28 -2.30 5.67 SINCE JAN 1 1.48 2.34 -0.86 1.66 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.8 SINCE JAN 1 8.2 SINCE JUL 1 17.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 27 -5 28 MONTH TO DATE 433 494 -61 570 SINCE MAR 1 433 494 -61 570 SINCE JUL 1 5744 6106 -362 5846 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 (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 300 AM LOWEST 26 500 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... 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 2010.........SUNRISE 743 AM MDT SUNSET 746 PM MDT MARCH 19 2010.........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. $$