000 CDUS45 KMSO 170738 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST THU DEC 17 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 36 251 PM 57 1941 30 6 1 MINIMUM 28 115 AM -26 1964 16 12 -15 AVERAGE 32 23 9 -7 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 0.59 1955 0.04 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.27 0.56 -0.29 0.37 SINCE OCT 1 1.18 2.35 -1.17 2.95 SINCE JAN 1 11.00 13.23 -2.23 12.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 6.1 SINCE JAN 1 32.7 SINCE JUL 1 8.4 SNOW DEPTH 3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 42 -9 72 MONTH TO DATE 801 652 149 648 SINCE DEC 1 801 652 149 648 SINCE JUL 1 2677 2667 10 2363 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 353 256 97 348 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 7 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LT FREEZING RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 85 1200 AM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 50 1904 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -30 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 17 2009......SUNRISE 817 AM MST SUNSET 449 PM MST DECEMBER 18 2009......SUNRISE 817 AM MST SUNSET 449 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$