000 CDUS45 KMSO 050741 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST SUN DEC 5 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 4 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 38 357 PM 56 1965 33 5 29 MINIMUM 12 1159 PM -37 1972 8 4 8 AVERAGE 25 20 5 19 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.26 1950 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.08 -0.08 0.02 SINCE OCT 1 0.40 1.47 -1.07 0.39 SINCE JAN 1 10.57 12.33 -1.76 9.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 40 45 -5 46 MONTH TO DATE 154 179 -25 137 SINCE DEC 1 154 179 -25 137 SINCE JUL 1 2669 2768 -99 2557 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 53 127 -74 178 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 9 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 700 AM LOWEST 48 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 51 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 7 -40 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 5 2004......SUNRISE 756 AM MST SUNSET 445 PM MST DECEMBER 6 2004......SUNRISE 757 AM MST SUNSET 445 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$