000 CDUS45 KMSO 200741 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST SAT DEC 20 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19 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 24 1200 AM 56 1936 29 -5 39 1917 MINIMUM 5 906 PM -19 1924 16 -11 34 AVERAGE 15 23 -8 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 0.20 1944 0.04 -0.01 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.68 -0.32 0.40 SINCE OCT 1 2.94 2.47 0.47 2.06 SINCE JAN 1 12.59 13.35 -0.76 10.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.3 MONTH TO DATE 3.6 SINCE JAN 1 36.0 SINCE JUL 1 3.6 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 50 42 8 28 MONTH TO DATE 810 778 32 713 SINCE DEC 1 810 778 32 713 SINCE JUL 1 2525 2793 -268 2550 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 900 AM LOWEST 61 600 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 49 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -20 1998 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 20 2008......SUNRISE 819 AM MST SUNSET 450 PM MST DECEMBER 21 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. $$