000 CDUS45 KMSO 190739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST FRI DEC 19 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 18 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 25 217 PM 50 1917 29 -4 39 MINIMUM 10 220 AM -18 1964 16 -6 21 1924 AVERAGE 18 23 -5 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.27 1897 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.64 -0.31 0.39 SINCE OCT 1 2.91 2.43 0.48 2.05 SINCE JAN 1 12.56 13.31 -0.75 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 47 42 5 35 MONTH TO DATE 760 736 24 685 SINCE DEC 1 760 736 24 685 SINCE JUL 1 2475 2751 -276 2522 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 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 700 AM LOWEST 62 300 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 56 1936 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -19 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 19 2008......SUNRISE 818 AM MST SUNSET 449 PM MST DECEMBER 20 2008......SUNRISE 819 AM MST SUNSET 450 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$