635 CDUS45 KMSO 030738 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 29 429 PM 60 1905 39 -10 43 MINIMUM 9 105 AM -31 1943 14 -5 14 AVERAGE 19 26 -7 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.46 1982 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.04 -0.01 0.00 SINCE OCT 1 1.56 2.83 -1.27 2.50 SINCE JAN 1 0.30 0.94 -0.64 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 36 MONTH TO DATE 93 78 15 69 SINCE MAR 1 93 78 15 69 SINCE JUL 1 6233 6647 -414 6741 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 100 AM LOWEST 39 100 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 65 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 14 -25 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2012.........SUNRISE 704 AM MST SUNSET 620 PM MST MARCH 4 2012.........SUNRISE 702 AM MST SUNSET 622 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$