000 CDUS45 KMSO 240744 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1241 AM MST THU MAR 24 2005 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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 24 1224 AM 66 2004 44 -20 66 MINIMUM 13 1159 PM -15 1964 21 -8 31 AVERAGE 19 33 -14 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.12 0.35 1904 0.03 0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.57 0.60 -0.03 0.08 SINCE OCT 1 1.64 3.52 -1.88 1.34 SINCE JAN 1 0.87 1.60 -0.73 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 46 32 14 16 MONTH TO DATE 739 818 -79 671 SINCE MAR 1 739 818 -79 671 SINCE JUL 1 6868 7541 -673 7191 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 100 AM LOWEST 73 600 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 64 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -20 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 24 2005.........SUNRISE 625 AM MST SUNSET 648 PM MST MARCH 25 2005.........SUNRISE 623 AM MST SUNSET 650 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$