000 CDUS45 KMSO 040739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 138 AM MDT THU SEP 4 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 3 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 72 359 PM 98 1988 77 -5 94 1950 MINIMUM 44 633 AM 31 1958 45 -1 51 AVERAGE 58 61 -3 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.80 1909 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.61 0.12 0.49 0.00 SINCE OCT 1 11.30 12.86 -1.56 11.15 SINCE JAN 1 9.13 9.92 -0.79 6.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 32.4 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 5 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 30 15 15 0 SINCE SEP 1 30 15 15 0 SINCE JUL 1 82 132 -50 25 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 8 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 19 SINCE SEP 1 0 4 -4 19 SINCE JAN 1 350 250 100 629 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 500 AM LOWEST 22 400 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 95 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 31 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 4 2008.....SUNRISE 700 AM MDT SUNSET 809 PM MDT SEPTEMBER 5 2008.....SUNRISE 702 AM MDT SUNSET 807 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$