278 CDUS45 KMSO 040738 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1237 AM MST WED JAN 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 41 400 PM 53 1918 31 10 14 MINIMUM 22 1159 PM -31 1950 6 16 -7 AVERAGE 32 18 14 4 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.34 1977 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.05 -0.05 T SINCE OCT 1 1.26 1.94 -0.68 1.80 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.05 -0.05 T SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 47 -14 61 MONTH TO DATE 118 141 -23 192 SINCE DEC 1 1541 1615 -74 1660 SINCE JUL 1 3843 4105 -262 4177 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 1100 PM LOWEST 41 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 51 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 6 -40 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2012.......SUNRISE 812 AM MST SUNSET 458 PM MST JANUARY 5 2012.......SUNRISE 812 AM MST SUNSET 459 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$