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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
144 AM MDT FRI OCT 8 2004

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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         61    504 PM  79    1980  60      1       68       
  MINIMUM         34   1154 PM  10    1990  28      6       39       
  AVERAGE         48                        44      4       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          1.01 1975   0.03  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      0.21  -0.19     0.00    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.02                      0.21  -0.19     0.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.19                     11.07  -0.88     8.93    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE   MM                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     MM                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     MM                                               
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        21     -4       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  118                       138    -20       88       
  SINCE SEP 1    576                       548     28      468       
  SINCE JUL 1    843                       842      1      568       
                                                                     
 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           900 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        80      1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28        11      1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  8 2004.......SUNRISE   738 AM MDT   SUNSET   656 PM MDT   
OCTOBER  9 2004.......SUNRISE   739 AM MDT   SUNSET   654 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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