986 CDUS45 KMSO 250741 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST THU MAR 25 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24 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 60 228 PM 64 1956 45 15 38 MINIMUM 29 737 AM -20 1965 21 8 17 AVERAGE 45 33 12 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.28 1924 0.03 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.63 -0.55 0.29 SINCE OCT 1 1.34 3.55 -2.21 2.31 SINCE JAN 1 0.60 1.63 -1.03 1.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 32 -12 37 MONTH TO DATE 691 850 -159 815 SINCE MAR 1 691 850 -159 815 SINCE JUL 1 7211 7573 -362 7484 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 M600 AM LOWEST 17 M200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 66 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -25 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 25 2004.........SUNRISE 622 AM MST SUNSET 650 PM MST MARCH 26 2004.........SUNRISE 621 AM MST SUNSET 651 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$