000 CDUS45 KMSO 171119 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 417 AM MST THU MAR 17 2005 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 336 PM 62 1994 42 1 47 MINIMUM 21 641 AM -13 1906 19 2 34 AVERAGE 32 31 1 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.30 1937 0.03 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.27 0.39 -0.12 0.08 SINCE OCT 1 1.34 3.31 -1.97 1.34 SINCE JAN 1 0.57 1.39 -0.82 0.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 34 -1 24 MONTH TO DATE 488 585 -97 525 SINCE MAR 1 488 585 -97 525 SINCE JUL 1 6617 7308 -691 7045 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 29 100 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 63 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -18 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2005.........SUNRISE 638 AM MST SUNSET 639 PM MST MARCH 18 2005.........SUNRISE 636 AM MST SUNSET 640 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$