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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
440 PM MST THU JAN 8 2004

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 2004...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         31    249 PM  48    2002  29      2       34       
  MINIMUM          5    824 AM -45    1937   5      0        0       
  AVERAGE         18                        17      1       17      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.80 1909   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.16  -0.15     0.01    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.75                      2.08  -1.33     0.48    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.01                      0.16  -0.15     0.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY           MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE   MM                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     MM                                                 
  SINCE JUL 1     MM                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           47                        48     -1       48       
  MONTH TO DATE  487                       386    101      329       
  SINCE DEC 1   1859                      1850      9     1622       
  SINCE JUL 1   4279                      4439   -160     4370       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        49      1990                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    5       -44      1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  8 2004.......SUNRISE   811 AM MST   SUNSET   502 PM MST   
JANUARY  9 2004.......SUNRISE   811 AM MST   SUNSET   504 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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