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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1238 AM MST THU NOV 18 2004

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         47    357 PM  62    1999  37     10       40       
  MINIMUM         18   1159 PM -15    1958  14      4       28       
  AVERAGE         33                        26      7       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.30 2001   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      0.34  -0.29     0.11    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.38                      1.13  -0.75     0.22    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.55                     11.99  -1.44     9.15    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE   MM                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     MM                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     MM                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        39     -7       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  508                       605    -97      742       
  SINCE SEP 1   1698                      1763    -65     1771       
  SINCE JUL 1   1965                      2057    -92     1871       
                                                                     
 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    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.3                                         
                                                                     
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    96          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        61      1949                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -14      1994                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 18 2004......SUNRISE   735 AM MST   SUNSET   455 PM MST   
NOVEMBER 19 2004......SUNRISE   737 AM MST   SUNSET   454 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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