916 CDUS45 KMSO 280740 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 139 AM MDT WED APR 28 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 71 144 PM 80 1987 55 16 47 MINIMUM 30 458 AM 15 1901 30 0 25 AVERAGE 51 43 8 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.10 1911 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.91 0.89 0.02 2.32 SINCE OCT 1 2.35 4.64 -2.29 4.72 SINCE JAN 1 1.61 2.72 -1.11 4.25 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE mm SINCE JAN 1 mm SINCE JUL 1 mm SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 22 -8 29 MONTH TO DATE 631 706 -75 700 SINCE MAR 1 1493 1783 -290 1722 SINCE JUL 1 8013 8506 -493 8391 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 M500 AM LOWEST 17 M100 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 78 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 12 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2004.........SUNRISE 621 AM MDT SUNSET 835 PM MDT APRIL 29 2004.........SUNRISE 619 AM MDT SUNSET 836 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$