136 CDUS45 KMSO 010741 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST THU APR 1 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31 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 62 147 PM 66 1923 48 14 58 MINIMUM 35 346 AM -13 1936 23 12 33 AVERAGE 49 35 14 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.32 1927 0.03 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.83 -0.65 0.38 SINCE OCT 1 1.44 3.75 -2.31 2.40 SINCE JAN 1 0.70 1.83 -1.13 1.93 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 30 -14 19 MONTH TO DATE 862 1077 -215 1022 SINCE MAR 1 862 1077 -215 1022 SINCE JUL 1 7382 7800 -418 7691 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1100 PM LOWEST 19 M100 AM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 67 1966 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -13 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 1 2004.........SUNRISE 609 AM MST SUNSET 659 PM MST APRIL 2 2004.........SUNRISE 607 AM MST SUNSET 700 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$