000 CDUS45 KMSO 290742 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST MON DEC 29 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28 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 44 314 PM 54 1965 29 15 33 MINIMUM 24 1221 AM -14 1916 15 9 22 AVERAGE 34 22 12 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 0.70 1893 0.04 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.00 1.04 -0.04 0.46 SINCE OCT 1 3.58 2.83 0.75 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 13.23 13.71 -0.48 10.43 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 13.6 SINCE JAN 1 46.0 SINCE JUL 1 13.6 SNOW DEPTH 7 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 43 -12 37 MONTH TO DATE 1246 1165 81 1041 SINCE DEC 1 1246 1165 81 1041 SINCE JUL 1 2961 3180 -219 2878 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 60 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 55 1897 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -28 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 29 2008......SUNRISE 822 AM MST SUNSET 456 PM MST DECEMBER 30 2008......SUNRISE 822 AM MST SUNSET 457 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$