000 CDUS45 KMSO 180749 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 147 AM MDT MON OCT 18 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 47 1238 PM 75 1974 55 -8 72 MINIMUM 34 1159 PM 8 1996 25 9 38 AVERAGE 41 40 1 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.35 1945 0.02 0.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.50 -0.46 0.05 SINCE OCT 1 0.04 0.50 -0.46 0.05 SINCE JAN 1 10.21 11.36 -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 24 25 -1 10 MONTH TO DATE 312 367 -55 317 SINCE SEP 1 770 777 -7 697 SINCE JUL 1 1037 1071 -34 797 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 S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 PM LOWEST 65 1200 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 76 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 5 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 18 2004.......SUNRISE 752 AM MDT SUNSET 638 PM MDT OCTOBER 19 2004.......SUNRISE 753 AM MDT SUNSET 636 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$