360 CDUS45 KMSO 160748 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1247 AM MST THU DEC 16 2010 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 38 MM 56 1924 30 8 31 MINIMUM 18 MM -12 1972 16 2 16 AVERAGE 28 23 5 24 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.13 0.33 2000 0.04 0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 0.72 0.52 0.20 0.20 SINCE OCT 1 3.30 2.31 0.99 1.11 SINCE JAN 1 15.60 13.19 2.41 10.93 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 2.4 MONTH TO DATE 5.0 SINCE JAN 1 23.8 SINCE JUL 1 15.0 SNOW DEPTH 5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 37 42 -5 41 MONTH TO DATE 563 610 -47 768 SINCE DEC 1 563 610 -47 768 SINCE JUL 1 2463 2625 -162 2644 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 244 256 -12 353 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 75 200 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 57 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -26 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 16 2010......SUNRISE 816 AM MST SUNSET 448 PM MST DECEMBER 17 2010......SUNRISE 816 AM MST SUNSET 448 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$