877 CDUS45 KMSO 050741 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1240 AM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 51 400 PM 59 1921 40 11 38 MINIMUM 29 543 AM -25 1989 15 14 15 AVERAGE 40 27 13 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.20 1918 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.08 -0.05 T SINCE OCT 1 1.56 2.87 -1.31 2.50 SINCE JAN 1 0.30 0.98 -0.68 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 25 38 -13 38 MONTH TO DATE 150 154 -4 144 SINCE MAR 1 150 154 -4 144 SINCE JUL 1 6290 6723 -433 6816 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 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 63 500 AM LOWEST 24 500 PM AVERAGE 44 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 59 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -26 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2012.........SUNRISE 700 AM MST SUNSET 623 PM MST MARCH 6 2012.........SUNRISE 659 AM MST SUNSET 624 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$