000 CDUS45 KMSO 120739 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST SUN DEC 12 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11 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 51R 1044 AM 50 1933 30 21 25 MINIMUM 33 1159 PM -36 1932 6 27 9 AVERAGE 42 18 24 17 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.28 1919 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.22 -0.22 0.26 SINCE OCT 1 0.40 1.61 -1.21 0.63 SINCE JAN 1 10.57 12.47 -1.90 9.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 47 -24 48 MONTH TO DATE 389 503 -114 433 SINCE DEC 1 389 503 -114 433 SINCE JUL 1 2904 3092 -188 2853 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1000 PM LOWEST 39 900 AM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 60 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 6 -28 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 12 2004......SUNRISE 803 AM MST SUNSET 445 PM MST DECEMBER 13 2004......SUNRISE 804 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. $$