000 CDUS45 KMSO 210739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST SUN DEC 21 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20 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 8 313 PM 49 1933 29 -21 40 MINIMUM -5 848 PM -20 1998 15 -20 27 AVERAGE 2 22 -20 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.68 1917 0.04 -0.04 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.72 -0.36 0.42 SINCE OCT 1 2.94 2.51 0.43 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 12.59 13.39 -0.80 10.39 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 3.6 SINCE JAN 1 36.0 SINCE JUL 1 3.6 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 63 43 20 31 MONTH TO DATE 873 821 52 744 SINCE DEC 1 873 821 52 744 SINCE JUL 1 2588 2836 -248 2581 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 600 AM LOWEST 57 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 56 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -25 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 21 2008......SUNRISE 819 AM MST SUNSET 450 PM MST DECEMBER 22 2008......SUNRISE 820 AM MST SUNSET 451 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$