000 CDUS45 KMSO 291502 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 902 AM MDT WED SEP 29 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 28 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 72 408 PM 82 1970 63 9 71 MINIMUM 33 659 AM 17 1985 31 2 31 AVERAGE 53 47 6 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.96 1940 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.35 1.02 0.33 0.15 SINCE OCT 1 10.91 12.71 -1.80 9.40 SINCE JAN 1 10.17 10.79 -0.62 8.93 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 18 -6 14 MONTH TO DATE 427 382 45 342 SINCE SEP 1 427 382 45 342 SINCE JUL 1 694 676 18 442 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 5 -4 0 SINCE SEP 1 1 5 -4 0 SINCE JAN 1 53 126 -73 178 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 17 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 84 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 10 1985 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 29 2004.....SUNRISE 726 AM MDT SUNSET 713 PM MDT SEPTEMBER 30 2004.....SUNRISE 728 AM MDT SUNSET 711 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$