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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
149 AM MDT WED APR 6 2005

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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         49    500 PM  70    1959  48      1       63       
  MINIMUM         24    701 AM -13    1936  24      0       28       
  AVERAGE         37                        36      1       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.56 1967   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.03                      0.15  -0.12     0.36    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.83                      3.90  -2.07     1.80    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.06                      1.98  -0.92     1.06    
                                                                     
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       28                        29     -1       19       
  MONTH TO DATE  124                       147    -23      126       
  SINCE MAR 1   1139                      1224    -85      988       
  SINCE JUL 1   7268                      7947   -679     7508       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        75      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24        -1      1997                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  6 2005.........SUNRISE   700 AM MDT   SUNSET   805 PM MDT   
APRIL  7 2005.........SUNRISE   658 AM MDT   SUNSET   807 PM MDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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