858 CDUS45 KMSO 040742 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST SUN MAR 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 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 43 647 PM 65 1921 40 3 37 MINIMUM 22 500 AM -25 1976 14 8 18 AVERAGE 33 27 6 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.25 1971 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.06 -0.03 T SINCE OCT 1 1.56 2.85 -1.29 2.50 SINCE JAN 1 0.30 0.96 -0.66 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 32 38 -6 37 MONTH TO DATE 125 116 9 106 SINCE MAR 1 125 116 9 106 SINCE JUL 1 6265 6685 -420 6778 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 74 500 AM LOWEST 45 800 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 59 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -25 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2012.........SUNRISE 702 AM MST SUNSET 622 PM MST MARCH 5 2012.........SUNRISE 700 AM MST SUNSET 623 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$