000 CDUS45 KMSO 300740 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST TUE DEC 30 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 29 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 39 437 PM 55 1897 29 10 36 MINIMUM 27 1115 PM -28 1990 15 12 24 AVERAGE 33 22 11 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.34 0.82 1996 0.04 0.30 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 1.08 0.26 0.50 SINCE OCT 1 3.92 2.87 1.05 2.16 SINCE JAN 1 13.57 13.75 -0.18 10.47 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 4.8 MONTH TO DATE 18.4 SINCE JAN 1 50.8 SINCE JUL 1 18.4 SNOW DEPTH 4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 43 -11 35 MONTH TO DATE 1278 1208 70 1076 SINCE DEC 1 1278 1208 70 1076 SINCE JUL 1 2993 3223 -230 2913 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 44 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 64 700 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 60 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -27 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 30 2008......SUNRISE 822 AM MST SUNSET 457 PM MST DECEMBER 31 2008......SUNRISE 822 AM MST SUNSET 458 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$