843 CDUS45 KMSO 290739 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST SUN FEB 29 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2004... 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 31 515 PM 58 1992 38 -7 29 MINIMUM 18 302 AM -33 1960 13 5 -9 AVERAGE 25 26 -1 10 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.70 1906 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.13 0.47 -0.34 0.90 SINCE OCT 1 1.19 2.92 -1.73 2.02 SINCE JAN 1 0.45 1.00 -0.55 1.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 40 39 1 55 MONTH TO DATE 1219 1199 20 1349 SINCE DEC 1 4063 4134 -71 3921 SINCE JUL 1 6483 6723 -240 6669 COOLING YESTERDAY 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 M400 PM LOWEST 81 1100 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 58 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -26 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2004......SUNRISE 710 AM MST SUNSET 616 PM MST MARCH 1 2004.........SUNRISE 708 AM MST SUNSET 617 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$