000 CDUS45 KMSO 300740 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2005 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 29 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 35 1213 AM 55 1917 28 7 42 MINIMUM 13 1159 PM -42 1978 4 9 15 AVERAGE 24 16 8 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.31 1897 0.02 -0.02 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 0.75 0.49 0.26 0.15 SINCE OCT 1 2.73 1.88 0.85 0.55 SINCE JAN 1 13.38 12.74 0.64 10.72 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 49 -8 36 MONTH TO DATE 1443 1370 73 1109 SINCE DEC 1 1443 1370 73 1109 SINCE JUL 1 3861 3959 -98 3624 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 1000 PM LOWEST 58 500 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... 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 30 2005......SUNRISE 812 AM MST SUNSET 454 PM MST DECEMBER 31 2005......SUNRISE 812 AM MST SUNSET 455 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$