000 CDUS45 KMSO 170753 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 143 AM MDT SUN OCT 17 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 57 535 PM 78 1927 55 2 56 MINIMUM 38 1227 AM 7 1946 26 12 25 AVERAGE 48 41 7 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.74 1932 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.48 -0.46 0.05 SINCE OCT 1 0.02 0.48 -0.46 0.05 SINCE JAN 1 10.19 11.34 -1.15 8.98 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 24 -7 24 MONTH TO DATE 288 342 -54 307 SINCE SEP 1 746 752 -6 687 SINCE JUL 1 1013 1046 -33 787 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 100 AM LOWEST 38 500 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 75 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 8 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2004.......SUNRISE 750 AM MDT SUNSET 640 PM MDT OCTOBER 18 2004.......SUNRISE 752 AM MDT SUNSET 638 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$