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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SUN APR 24 2005

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         61    200 PM  75    1910  54      7       65       
  MINIMUM         29    529 AM  15    1968  28      1       24       
  AVERAGE         45                        41      4       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.03 1979   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.93                      0.73   0.20     0.91    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.73                      4.48  -1.75     2.35    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.96                      2.56  -0.60     1.61    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        MM                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    MM                                              
  SINCE JAN 1      MM                                              
  SINCE JUL 1      MM                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       20                        24     -4       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  582                       615    -33      559       
  SINCE MAR 1   1597                      1692    -95     1421       
  SINCE JUL 1   7726                      8415   -689     7941       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        77      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        13      1958                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 24 2005.........SUNRISE   628 AM MDT   SUNSET   829 PM MDT   
APRIL 25 2005.........SUNRISE   626 AM MDT   SUNSET   830 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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