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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT THU MAY 6 2004

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         74    447 PM  82    1966  58     16       43       
  MINIMUM         40    113 AM  18    1996  32      8       30       
  AVERAGE         57                        45     12       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.48 1924   0.06  -0.06     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.27  -0.27     0.46    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.61                      5.04  -2.43     5.42    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.87                      3.12  -1.25     4.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                        20    -12       28       
  MONTH TO DATE   60                       103    -43      128       
  SINCE MAR 1   1637                      1961   -324     1934       
  SINCE JUL 1   8157                      8684   -527     8603       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86          M600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     11          M500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    49                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        82      1992                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        16      1968                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  6 2004...........SUNRISE   609 AM MDT   SUNSET   845 PM MDT   
MAY  7 2004...........SUNRISE   608 AM MDT   SUNSET   846 PM MDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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