076 CDUS45 KMSO 290737 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1237 AM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 34 426 PM 58 1992 39 -5 33 MINIMUM 4 751 AM -33 1960 13 -9 16 AVERAGE 19 26 -7 25 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.70 1906 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 0.43 -0.27 0.39 SINCE OCT 1 1.53 2.79 -1.26 2.50 SINCE JAN 1 0.27 0.90 -0.63 0.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 46 39 7 40 MONTH TO DATE 1146 1199 -53 1337 SINCE DEC 1 3797 4079 -282 4155 SINCE JUL 1 6099 6569 -470 6672 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 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 300 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 58 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -26 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2012......SUNRISE 710 AM MST SUNSET 616 PM MST MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 708 AM MST SUNSET 617 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$