051 CDUS45 KMSO 060738 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 52 338 PM 59 1987 40 12 39 MINIMUM 30 757 AM -26 1945 15 15 22 AVERAGE 41 28 13 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.40 1920 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.10 -0.07 T SINCE OCT 1 1.56 2.89 -1.33 2.50 SINCE JAN 1 0.30 1.00 -0.70 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 24 37 -13 34 MONTH TO DATE 174 191 -17 178 SINCE MAR 1 174 191 -17 178 SINCE JUL 1 6314 6760 -446 6850 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 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 63 800 AM LOWEST 26 300 PM AVERAGE 45 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 54 1886 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -22 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2012.........SUNRISE 659 AM MST SUNSET 624 PM MST MARCH 7 2012.........SUNRISE 657 AM MST SUNSET 626 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$