051 CDUS45 KMSO 210741 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 140 AM MDT WED MAR 21 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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 39 1028 PM 65 1910 45 -6 40 MINIMUM 7 619 AM -17 1955 21 -14 8 AVERAGE 23 33 -10 24 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.48 1952 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.98 0.44 0.54 0.26 SINCE OCT 1 2.51 3.23 -0.72 2.76 SINCE JAN 1 1.25 1.34 -0.09 0.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 42 32 10 41 MONTH TO DATE 653 707 -54 697 SINCE MAR 1 653 707 -54 697 SINCE JUL 1 6793 7276 -483 7369 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 600 AM LOWEST 50 1100 AM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 67 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -14 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2012.........SUNRISE 730 AM MDT SUNSET 745 PM MDT MARCH 22 2012.........SUNRISE 728 AM MDT SUNSET 746 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$