000 CDUS45 KMSO 170742 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 140 AM MDT SAT JUL 17 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 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 87 451 PM 98 1936 80 7 91 MINIMUM 50 521 AM 30 1943 46 4 50 AVERAGE 69 63 6 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.93 1894 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.57 0.83 -0.26 0.08 SINCE OCT 1 7.20 9.69 -2.49 7.21 SINCE JAN 1 6.46 7.77 -1.31 6.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 66 75 -9 45 SINCE JUN 1 378 353 25 349 SINCE JUL 1 66 75 -9 45 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 2 2 6 MONTH TO DATE 21 26 -5 20 SINCE JUN 1 21 35 -14 29 SINCE JAN 1 21 35 -14 32 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 300 AM LOWEST 17 200 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 96 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 34 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 17 2004..........SUNRISE 557 AM MDT SUNSET 915 PM MDT JULY 18 2004..........SUNRISE 558 AM MDT SUNSET 914 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$