000 CDUS45 KMSO 210740 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST WED DEC 21 2005 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 24 MM 49 1933 29 -5 39 MINIMUM 15 MM -20 1998 15 0 31 AVERAGE 20 22 -2 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.68 1917 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 0.15 0.72 -0.57 0.12 SINCE OCT 1 3.26 2.51 0.75 0.88 SINCE JAN 1 14.60 13.39 1.21 14.76 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.7 SINCE JAN 1 30.0 SINCE JUL 1 11.0 SNOW DEPTH 3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 45 43 2 30 MONTH TO DATE 1059 821 238 634 SINCE DEC 1 1059 821 238 634 SINCE JUL 1 2936 2836 100 2584 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 311 256 55 385 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 5 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 0.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 900 PM LOWEST 61 300 AM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 56 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -25 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 21 2005......SUNRISE 819 AM MST SUNSET 450 PM MST DECEMBER 22 2005......SUNRISE 819 AM MST SUNSET 451 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$