000 CDUS45 KMSO 180747 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1246 AM MST FRI MAR 18 2005 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 35 228 PM 63 1972 43 -8 53 MINIMUM 14 1159 PM -18 1943 19 -5 37 AVERAGE 25 31 -6 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 0.33 1968 0.03 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.42 -0.09 0.08 SINCE OCT 1 1.40 3.34 -1.94 1.34 SINCE JAN 1 0.63 1.42 -0.79 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 40 34 6 20 MONTH TO DATE 528 619 -91 545 SINCE MAR 1 528 619 -91 545 SINCE JUL 1 6657 7342 -685 7065 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 51 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 64 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -25 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2005.........SUNRISE 636 AM MST SUNSET 640 PM MST MARCH 19 2005.........SUNRISE 635 AM MST SUNSET 642 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$