000 CDUS45 KMSO 220742 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST WED DEC 22 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 21 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 26 1208 PM 50 1940 29 -3 35 MINIMUM 15 522 AM -43 1983 4 11 10 AVERAGE 21 17 4 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.24 1988 0.01 0.00 T MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.35 -0.32 0.32 SINCE OCT 1 0.43 1.74 -1.31 0.69 SINCE JAN 1 10.60 12.60 -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 44 48 -4 42 MONTH TO DATE 760 980 -220 867 SINCE DEC 1 760 980 -220 867 SINCE JUL 1 3275 3569 -294 3287 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 PM LOWEST 52 100 AM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 53 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 4 -44 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 22 2004......SUNRISE 809 AM MST SUNSET 448 PM MST DECEMBER 23 2004......SUNRISE 810 AM MST SUNSET 449 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$