000 CDUS45 KMSO 180747 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1247 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 17 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 11 1159 PM 50 1904 30 -19 38 MINIMUM -12 1245 AM -30 1964 16 -28 20 AVERAGE 0 23 -23 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.56 1917 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.60 -0.27 0.39 SINCE OCT 1 2.91 2.39 0.52 2.05 SINCE JAN 1 12.56 13.27 -0.71 10.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 3.3 SINCE JAN 1 35.7 SINCE JUL 1 3.3 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 65 42 23 36 MONTH TO DATE 713 694 19 650 SINCE DEC 1 713 694 19 650 SINCE JUL 1 2428 2709 -281 2487 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 6 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 6 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 100 AM LOWEST 69 300 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 50 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -18 1964 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 18 2008......SUNRISE 817 AM MST SUNSET 449 PM MST DECEMBER 19 2008......SUNRISE 818 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. $$