716 CDUS45 KMSO 010738 CLIGPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ................................... ...THE KALISPELL MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 33 538 PM 54 1968 40 -7 39 MINIMUM 15 1223 AM -9 1960 20 -5 30 AVERAGE 24 30 -6 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 0.11 1932 0.04 0.03 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 1.04 0.97 0.07 1.16 SINCE OCT 1 5.43 6.30 -0.87 8.83 SINCE JAN 1 2.41 2.30 0.11 3.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 11.3 SINCE JAN 1 23.0 SINCE JUL 1 29.3 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 35 6 30 MONTH TO DATE 1045 1094 -49 1222 SINCE DEC 1 3402 3683 -281 3724 SINCE JUL 1 5454 5887 -433 5959 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 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 96 1200 AM LOWEST 72 400 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE KALISPELL MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 58 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -7 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 717 AM MST SUNSET 622 PM MST MARCH 2 2012.........SUNRISE 715 AM MST SUNSET 624 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$