CXUS55 KMSO 022157 CLMMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 357 PM MDT THU APR 02 2026 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2026 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 03/30/2004 LOW -13 03/05/1955 HIGHEST 75 03/20 MM MM 74 LOWEST 17 03/15 MM MM 21 AVG. MAXIMUM 51.4 47.9 3.5 51.5 AVG. MINIMUM 29.3 26.8 2.5 30.8 MEAN 40.3 37.4 2.9 41.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 1.2 -1.2 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 22 25.0 -3.0 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.31 1901 MINIMUM 0.11 1911 TOTALS 2.16 0.92 1.24 1.00 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.03 0.04 0.03 DAYS >= .01 13 11.4 1.6 14 DAYS >= .10 5 3.1 1.9 3 DAYS >= .50 2 0.1 1.9 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.80 03/13 TO 03/13 0.23 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 6.5 5.0 1.5 0.2 SINCE 7/1 20.0 41.4 -21.4 MM DAYS >= TRACE 8 4.9 3.1 7 DAYS >= 1.0 2 1.7 0.3 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4R 03/15 1 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 756 857 -101 SINCE 7/1 5099 6329 -1230 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/300 DATE 03/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/310 DATE 03/21 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$