000 CDUS45 KMSO 240740 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 23 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 16 334 AM 54 1936 29 -13 38 MINIMUM 10 852 AM -30 1983 15 -5 23 AVERAGE 13 22 -9 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 1.40 1917 0.04 0.00 T MONTH TO DATE 0.83 0.84 -0.01 0.42 SINCE OCT 1 3.41 2.63 0.78 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 13.06 13.51 -0.45 10.39 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.9 MONTH TO DATE 11.9 SINCE JAN 1 44.3 SINCE JUL 1 11.9 SNOW DEPTH 7 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 52 43 9 34 MONTH TO DATE 1037 950 87 862 SINCE DEC 1 1037 950 87 862 SINCE JUL 1 2752 2965 -213 2699 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 E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 1200 AM LOWEST 38 300 AM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 49 1938 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -19 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 24 2008......SUNRISE 820 AM MST SUNSET 452 PM MST DECEMBER 25 2008......SUNRISE 821 AM MST SUNSET 453 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$