603 CDUS45 KMSO 010738 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 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 36 130 PM 58 1992 39 -3 33 MINIMUM 12 1129 PM -26 1960 13 -1 16 AVERAGE 24 26 -2 25 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.60 1904 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 41 39 2 40 MONTH TO DATE 1187 1238 -51 1337 SINCE DEC 1 3838 4118 -280 4155 SINCE JUL 1 6140 6608 -468 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 74 200 AM LOWEST 40 700 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 58 1901 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -22 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 708 AM MST SUNSET 617 PM MST MARCH 2 2012.........SUNRISE 706 AM MST SUNSET 619 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$