000 CDUS45 KMSO 180746 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST SAT DEC 18 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 42 350 PM 53 1980 29 13 36 MINIMUM 18 118 AM -38 1964 5 13 8 AVERAGE 30 17 13 22 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.20 1982 0.01 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.31 -0.29 0.32 SINCE OCT 1 0.42 1.70 -1.28 0.69 SINCE JAN 1 10.59 12.56 -1.97 9.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 48 -13 43 MONTH TO DATE 615 788 -173 683 SINCE DEC 1 615 788 -173 683 SINCE JUL 1 3130 3377 -247 3103 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 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 PM LOWEST 57 300 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 55 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 5 -32 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 18 2004......SUNRISE 807 AM MST SUNSET 446 PM MST DECEMBER 19 2004......SUNRISE 808 AM MST SUNSET 447 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$