000 CDUS45 KMSO 090755 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1255 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8 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 41 244 PM 60 1938 31 10 33 MINIMUM 30 841 AM -19 1972 17 13 15 AVERAGE 36 24 12 24 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 0.50 1901 0.03 0.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.14 0.24 -0.10 0.24 SINCE OCT 1 2.72 2.03 0.69 1.90 SINCE JAN 1 12.37 12.91 -0.54 10.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.6 MONTH TO DATE 0.6 SINCE JAN 1 33.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.6 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 41 -12 41 MONTH TO DATE 256 319 -63 272 SINCE DEC 1 256 319 -63 272 SINCE JUL 1 1971 2334 -363 2109 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 348 256 92 644 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 64 300 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 54 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -22 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 9 2008......SUNRISE 810 AM MST SUNSET 447 PM MST DECEMBER 10 2008......SUNRISE 811 AM MST SUNSET 447 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$