000 CDUS45 KMSO 170738 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16 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 1 346 PM 57 1941 30 -29 36 MINIMUM -15 634 AM -26 1964 16 -31 20 AVERAGE -7 23 -30 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.59 1955 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.56 -0.23 0.39 SINCE OCT 1 2.91 2.35 0.56 2.05 SINCE JAN 1 12.56 13.23 -0.67 10.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.3 SINCE JAN 1 35.7 SINCE JUL 1 3.3 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 72 42 30 37 MONTH TO DATE 648 652 -4 614 SINCE DEC 1 648 652 -4 614 SINCE JUL 1 2363 2667 -304 2451 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 5 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 6 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 0.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 500 AM LOWEST 59 100 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 50 1904 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -30 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 17 2008......SUNRISE 817 AM MST SUNSET 449 PM MST DECEMBER 18 2008......SUNRISE 817 AM MST SUNSET 449 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$