000 CDUS45 KMSO 310743 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2005 ................................... ...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30 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 34 1157 PM 55 1917 28 6 36 MINIMUM 12 1220 AM -42 1978 4 8 17 AVERAGE 23 16 7 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.22 2004 0.02 -0.02 0.22 MONTH TO DATE 0.75 0.51 0.24 0.37 SINCE OCT 1 2.73 1.90 0.83 0.77 SINCE JAN 1 13.38 12.76 0.62 10.94 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 42 49 -7 38 MONTH TO DATE 1485 1419 66 1147 SINCE DEC 1 1485 1419 66 1147 SINCE JUL 1 3903 4008 -105 3662 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 900 PM LOWEST 61 300 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 53 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 4 -39 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 31 2005......SUNRISE 812 AM MST SUNSET 455 PM MST JANUARY 1 2006.......SUNRISE 812 AM MST SUNSET 456 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$