000 CDUS45 KMSO 310746 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1241 AM MST THU MAR 31 2005 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30 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 37 401 PM 68 2004 47 -10 68 MINIMUM 25 716 AM -15 1936 23 2 23 AVERAGE 31 35 -4 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.30 1905 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.73 0.81 -0.08 0.17 SINCE OCT 1 1.80 3.73 -1.93 1.43 SINCE JAN 1 1.03 1.81 -0.78 0.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 30 4 19 MONTH TO DATE 985 1037 -52 846 SINCE MAR 1 985 1037 -52 846 SINCE JUL 1 7114 7760 -646 7366 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 (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 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 81 700 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 66 1923 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -13 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 31 2005.........SUNRISE 611 AM MST SUNSET 658 PM MST APRIL 1 2005.........SUNRISE 609 AM MST SUNSET 659 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$