000 CDUS45 KMSO 160743 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1242 AM MST SAT DEC 16 2006 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 52 302 AM 56 1924 30 22 18 MINIMUM 26 1116 PM -12 1972 16 10 3 AVERAGE 39 23 16 11 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 0.32 1946 0.04 0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.46 0.52 -0.06 0.16 SINCE OCT 1 4.11 2.31 1.80 3.27 SINCE JAN 1 16.40 13.19 3.21 14.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.4 MONTH TO DATE 1.6 SINCE JAN 1 19.4 SINCE JUL 1 9.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 42 -16 54 MONTH TO DATE 561 610 -49 784 SINCE DEC 1 561 610 -49 784 SINCE JUL 1 2331 2625 -294 2661 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 463 256 207 311 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 44 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 53 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN HEAVY SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1200 AM LOWEST 41 800 AM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 57 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -26 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 16 2006......SUNRISE 816 AM MST SUNSET 448 PM MST DECEMBER 17 2006......SUNRISE 816 AM MST SUNSET 448 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$