641 CDUS45 KMSO 070739 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST WED MAR 7 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 45 1203 AM 54 1886 41 4 34 MINIMUM 7 1159 PM -22 1943 16 -9 22 AVERAGE 26 28 -2 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.36 1950 0.02 0.00 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.12 -0.07 0.04 SINCE OCT 1 1.58 2.91 -1.33 2.54 SINCE JAN 1 0.32 1.02 -0.70 0.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 39 37 2 37 MONTH TO DATE 213 228 -15 215 SINCE MAR 1 213 228 -15 215 SINCE JUL 1 6353 6797 -444 6887 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 NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 400 AM LOWEST 33 1200 AM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 59 1904 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -20 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2012.........SUNRISE 657 AM MST SUNSET 626 PM MST MARCH 8 2012.........SUNRISE 655 AM MST SUNSET 627 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$