000 CDUS45 KMSO 310750 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1248 AM MST WED DEC 31 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30 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 31 250 PM 60 1917 29 2 32 MINIMUM 17 1013 AM -27 1968 15 2 23 AVERAGE 24 22 2 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.38 1980 0.04 -0.03 0.01 1904 MONTH TO DATE 1.35 1.12 0.23 0.51 SINCE OCT 1 3.93 2.91 1.02 2.17 SINCE JAN 1 13.58 13.79 -0.21 10.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.2 MONTH TO DATE 18.6 SINCE JAN 1 51.0 SINCE JUL 1 18.6 SNOW DEPTH 8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 43 -2 37 MONTH TO DATE 1319 1251 68 1113 SINCE DEC 1 1319 1251 68 1113 SINCE JUL 1 3034 3266 -232 2950 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1200 PM LOWEST 53 100 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 52 1938 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 14 -25 1927 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 31 2008......SUNRISE 822 AM MST SUNSET 458 PM MST JANUARY 1 2009.......SUNRISE 822 AM MST SUNSET 459 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$