000 CDUS45 KMSO 210743 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST TUE DEC 21 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20 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 37 1237 AM 49 1958 29 8 37 MINIMUM 22 1159 PM -36 1998 5 17 7 AVERAGE 30 17 13 22 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.25 1941 0.01 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.34 -0.32 0.32 SINCE OCT 1 0.42 1.73 -1.31 0.69 SINCE JAN 1 10.59 12.59 -2.00 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 716 932 -216 825 SINCE DEC 1 716 932 -216 825 SINCE JUL 1 3231 3521 -290 3245 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 1100 PM LOWEST 36 200 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 50 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 4 -43 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 21 2004......SUNRISE 809 AM MST SUNSET 448 PM MST DECEMBER 22 2004......SUNRISE 809 AM MST SUNSET 448 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$