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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT MON OCT 4 2004

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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         68    406 PM  82    1918  61      7       70       
  MINIMUM         29    733 AM  14    1916  30     -1       25       
  AVERAGE         49                        46      3       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.31 1927   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.00                      0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.17                     10.95  -0.78     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       16                        19     -3       17       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        57     -6       42       
  SINCE SEP 1    509                       467     42      422       
  SINCE JUL 1    776                       761     15      522       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.2                                         
                                                                     
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           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        79      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        15      1973                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2004.......SUNRISE   733 AM MDT   SUNSET   703 PM MDT   
OCTOBER  5 2004.......SUNRISE   734 AM MDT   SUNSET   701 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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