138 CDUS45 KMSO 020739 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST TUE MAR 2 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 1 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 33 502 PM 58 1901 38 -5 28 MINIMUM 16 1159 PM -22 1976 15 1 0 AVERAGE 25 26 -1 14 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.40 1904 0.02 -0.01 T MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.02 -0.01 T SINCE OCT 1 1.27 2.94 -1.67 2.02 SINCE JAN 1 0.53 1.02 -0.49 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 51 MONTH TO DATE 40 39 1 51 SINCE MAR 1 40 39 1 51 SINCE JUL 1 6560 6762 -202 6720 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 (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 63 M500 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 60 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -31 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 2 2004.........SUNRISE 706 AM MST SUNSET 619 PM MST MARCH 3 2004.........SUNRISE 704 AM MST SUNSET 620 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$