000 CDUS45 KMSO 150741 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST MON MAR 15 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 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 43 447 PM 62 1992 42 1 53 MINIMUM 25 736 AM -13 1952 18 7 29 AVERAGE 34 30 4 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.64 1930 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.33 -0.25 0.18 SINCE OCT 1 1.34 3.25 -1.91 2.20 SINCE JAN 1 0.60 1.33 -0.73 1.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 35 -4 24 MONTH TO DATE 472 516 -44 516 SINCE MAR 1 472 516 -44 516 SINCE JUL 1 6992 7239 -247 7185 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 M400 AM LOWEST 39 M600 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 69 1994 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 18 -18 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 15 2004.........SUNRISE 642 AM MST SUNSET 637 PM MST MARCH 16 2004.........SUNRISE 640 AM MST SUNSET 638 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$