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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT SUN OCT 3 2004

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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         67    321 PM  81    1992  62      5       70       
  MINIMUM         28    708 AM  15    1950  31     -3       34       
  AVERAGE         48                        46      2       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.00 1908   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.00                      0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.17                     10.92  -0.75     8.93    
                                                                     
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       17                        19     -2       13       
  MONTH TO DATE   35                        38     -3       25       
  SINCE SEP 1    493                       448     45      405       
  SINCE JUL 1    760                       742     18      505       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      1                         6     -5        0       
  SINCE JAN 1     53                       127    -74      178       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.8                                         
                                                                     
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          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     34           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        82      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        14      1916                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  3 2004.......SUNRISE   732 AM MDT   SUNSET   705 PM MDT   
OCTOBER  4 2004.......SUNRISE   733 AM MDT   SUNSET   703 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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