000 CDUS45 KMSO 240739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 23 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 33 349 PM 54 1936 29 4 16 MINIMUM 19 1159 PM -30 1983 15 4 10 AVERAGE 26 22 4 13 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.40 1917 0.04 -0.04 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.58 0.84 -0.26 0.84 SINCE OCT 1 1.49 2.63 -1.14 3.42 SINCE JAN 1 11.31 13.51 -2.20 13.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 6.1 SINCE JAN 1 32.7 SINCE JUL 1 8.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 39 43 -4 52 MONTH TO DATE 1032 950 82 1037 SINCE DEC 1 1032 950 82 1037 SINCE JUL 1 2908 2965 -57 2752 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 100 AM LOWEST 47 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 49 1938 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -19 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 24 2009......SUNRISE 820 AM MST SUNSET 452 PM MST DECEMBER 25 2009......SUNRISE 821 AM MST SUNSET 453 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$