699 CDUS45 KMSO 180740 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 139 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 50 1253 PM 65 2007 44 6 37 MINIMUM 29 1226 AM -18 1943 20 9 21 AVERAGE 40 32 8 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.20 0.33 1968 0.03 0.17 T MONTH TO DATE 0.57 0.37 0.20 0.18 SINCE OCT 1 2.10 3.16 -1.06 2.68 SINCE JAN 1 0.84 1.27 -0.43 0.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 33 -8 36 MONTH TO DATE 536 610 -74 587 SINCE MAR 1 536 610 -74 587 SINCE JUL 1 6676 7179 -503 7259 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 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 800 PM LOWEST 70 500 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 64 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -25 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2012.........SUNRISE 736 AM MDT SUNSET 741 PM MDT MARCH 19 2012.........SUNRISE 734 AM MDT SUNSET 742 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$