640 CDUS45 KMSO 280759 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 153 AM MDT SUN APR 28 2002 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 39 505 PM 80 1987 55 -16 68 MINIMUM 27 604 AM 15 1901 30 -3 37 AVERAGE 33 43 -10 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 1.10 1911 0.04 0.02 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.74 0.89 -0.15 1.19 SINCE OCT 1 3.45 4.64 -1.19 5.36 SINCE JAN 1 1.55 2.72 -1.17 2.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 22 10 12 MONTH TO DATE 789 706 83 793 SINCE MAR 1 2103 1783 320 1795 SINCE JUL 1 8261 8506 -245 8907 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 64 500 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 78 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 12 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2002.........SUNRISE 622 AM MDT SUNSET 834 PM MDT APRIL 29 2002.........SUNRISE 620 AM MDT SUNSET 835 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.