000 CDUS45 KMSO 230744 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST THU DEC 23 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22 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 22 1247 PM 53 1933 29 -7 26 MINIMUM 4 1159 PM -44 1990 4 0 1 AVERAGE 13 17 -4 14 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.40 1915 0.01 -0.01 T MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.36 -0.33 0.32 SINCE OCT 1 0.43 1.75 -1.32 0.69 SINCE JAN 1 10.60 12.61 -2.01 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 52 48 4 51 MONTH TO DATE 812 1028 -216 918 SINCE DEC 1 812 1028 -216 918 SINCE JUL 1 3327 3617 -290 3338 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 58 500 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 50 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 4 -52 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 23 2004......SUNRISE 810 AM MST SUNSET 449 PM MST DECEMBER 24 2004......SUNRISE 810 AM MST SUNSET 450 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$