009 CDUS45 KMSO 220741 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 139 AM MDT THU MAR 22 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 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 47 532 PM 67 1928 45 2 43 MINIMUM 31 233 AM -14 1943 21 10 30 AVERAGE 39 33 6 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.20 1946 0.03 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.98 0.47 0.51 0.26 SINCE OCT 1 2.51 3.26 -0.75 2.76 SINCE JAN 1 1.25 1.37 -0.12 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 26 32 -6 28 MONTH TO DATE 679 739 -60 725 SINCE MAR 1 679 739 -60 725 SINCE JUL 1 6819 7308 -489 7397 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 S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 100 AM LOWEST 45 1000 AM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 64 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -19 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 22 2012.........SUNRISE 728 AM MDT SUNSET 746 PM MDT MARCH 23 2012.........SUNRISE 726 AM MDT SUNSET 747 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$