000 CDUS45 KMSO 270739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST SAT DEC 27 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 26 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 26 346 PM 55 1980 29 -3 32 MINIMUM 13 145 AM -21 1948 15 -2 22 AVERAGE 20 22 -2 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.31 1996 0.04 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.93 0.96 -0.03 0.46 SINCE OCT 1 3.51 2.75 0.76 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 13.16 13.63 -0.47 10.43 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.3 MONTH TO DATE 13.6 SINCE JAN 1 46.0 SINCE JUL 1 13.6 SNOW DEPTH 7 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 45 43 2 38 MONTH TO DATE 1172 1079 93 966 SINCE DEC 1 1172 1079 93 966 SINCE JUL 1 2887 3094 -207 2803 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 W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 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 96 600 AM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 56 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -19 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 27 2008......SUNRISE 821 AM MST SUNSET 454 PM MST DECEMBER 28 2008......SUNRISE 821 AM MST SUNSET 455 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$