924 CDUS45 KMSO 200741 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST SAT MAR 20 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 19 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 53 121 AM 65 1910 43 10 48 MINIMUM 26 1158 PM -10 1955 19 7 21 AVERAGE 40 31 9 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.32 1938 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.48 -0.40 0.26 SINCE OCT 1 1.34 3.40 -2.06 2.28 SINCE JAN 1 0.60 1.48 -0.88 1.81 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 34 -9 30 MONTH TO DATE 586 687 -101 666 SINCE MAR 1 586 687 -101 666 SINCE JUL 1 7106 7410 -304 7335 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 W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 M400 AM LOWEST 25 M100 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 65 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -17 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 20 2004.........SUNRISE 632 AM MST SUNSET 643 PM MST MARCH 21 2004.........SUNRISE 630 AM MST SUNSET 645 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$