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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1257 AM MST FRI FEB 25 2005

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         51    509 PM  61    1995  37     14       43       
  MINIMUM         10    818 AM -37    2003  11     -1       10       
  AVERAGE         31                        24      7       27      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.41 1996   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.18                      0.39  -0.21     0.12    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.07                      2.84  -1.77     1.18    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.30                      0.92  -0.62     0.44    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       34                        41     -7       38       
  MONTH TO DATE  942                      1039    -97     1075       
  SINCE DEC 1   3480                      3974   -494     3919       
  SINCE JUL 1   5995                      6563   -568     6339       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     21           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        57      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   12       -26      2003                    
                                             1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE   715 AM MST   SUNSET   611 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE   714 AM MST   SUNSET   613 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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