000 CDUS45 KMSO 270746 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1244 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2005 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 26 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 41 308 PM 53 1980 28 13 33 MINIMUM 28 727 AM -23 1996 4 24 14 AVERAGE 35 16 19 24 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.80 1899 0.02 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.44 0.43 0.01 0.03 SINCE OCT 1 2.42 1.82 0.60 0.43 SINCE JAN 1 13.07 12.68 0.39 10.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 49 -19 41 MONTH TO DATE 1338 1223 115 992 SINCE DEC 1 1338 1223 115 992 SINCE JUL 1 3756 3812 -56 3507 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 69 127 -58 53 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 900 PM LOWEST 65 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 66 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 4 -25 1941 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 27 2005......SUNRISE 811 AM MST SUNSET 451 PM MST DECEMBER 28 2005......SUNRISE 811 AM MST SUNSET 452 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$