000 CDUS45 KMSO 291444 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 742 AM MST THU DEC 29 2005 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28 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 38 938 PM 56 1917 28 10 42 MINIMUM 30 921 AM -35 1983 4 26 6 AVERAGE 34 16 18 24 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31R 0.31 2005 0.02 0.29 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.75 0.47 0.28 0.03 SINCE OCT 1 2.73 1.86 0.87 0.43 SINCE JAN 1 13.38 12.72 0.66 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 31 49 -18 41 MONTH TO DATE 1402 1321 81 1073 SINCE DEC 1 1402 1321 81 1073 SINCE JUL 1 3820 3910 -90 3588 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 600 PM LOWEST 69 1200 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 55 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 4 -42 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 29 2005......SUNRISE 812 AM MST SUNSET 453 PM MST DECEMBER 30 2005......SUNRISE 812 AM MST SUNSET 454 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$