000 CDUS45 KMSO 010745 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1244 AM MST THU JAN 1 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 31 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 37 1142 AM 52 1938 28 9 32 1917 MINIMUM 22 105 AM -25 1927 14 8 22 AVERAGE 30 21 9 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 0.37 1939 0.04 0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 1.43 1.15 0.28 0.51 SINCE OCT 1 4.01 2.94 1.07 2.17 SINCE JAN 1 13.66 13.82 -0.16 10.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 2.0 MONTH TO DATE 20.6 SINCE JAN 1 53.0 SINCE JUL 1 20.6 SNOW DEPTH 8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 44 -9 38 MONTH TO DATE 1354 1295 59 1151 SINCE DEC 1 1354 1287 67 1151 SINCE JUL 1 3069 3302 -233 2988 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 (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 100 PM LOWEST 69 900 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 60 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -28 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 1 2009.......SUNRISE 822 AM MST SUNSET 459 PM MST JANUARY 2 2009.......SUNRISE 822 AM MST SUNSET 500 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$