000 CDUS45 KMSO 220741 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST MON DEC 22 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 21 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 13 603 PM 56 1933 29 -16 34 MINIMUM -3 1235 AM -25 1990 15 -18 18 AVERAGE 5 22 -17 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.19 0.63 1964 0.04 0.15 T MONTH TO DATE 0.55 0.76 -0.21 0.42 SINCE OCT 1 3.13 2.55 0.58 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 12.78 13.43 -0.65 10.39 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 3.3 MONTH TO DATE 6.9 SINCE JAN 1 39.3 SINCE JUL 1 6.9 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 60 43 17 39 MONTH TO DATE 933 864 69 783 SINCE DEC 1 933 864 69 783 SINCE JUL 1 2648 2879 -231 2620 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 900 PM LOWEST 76 200 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 54 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -28 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 22 2008......SUNRISE 820 AM MST SUNSET 451 PM MST DECEMBER 23 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. $$