000 CDUS45 KMSO 300753 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1249 AM MST THU DEC 30 2004 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 29 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 42 222 PM 55 1917 28 14 22 MINIMUM 15 1244 AM -42 1978 4 11 10 AVERAGE 29 16 13 16 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.12 0.31 1897 0.02 0.10 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.15 0.49 -0.34 0.36 SINCE OCT 1 0.55 1.88 -1.33 0.73 SINCE JAN 1 10.72 12.74 -2.02 9.66 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 49 -13 49 MONTH TO DATE 1109 1370 -261 1254 SINCE DEC 1 1109 1370 -261 1254 SINCE JUL 1 3624 3959 -335 3674 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 S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 49 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 55 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 4 -42 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 30 2004......SUNRISE 812 AM MST SUNSET 454 PM MST DECEMBER 31 2004......SUNRISE 812 AM MST SUNSET 455 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$