578 CDUS45 KMSO 230740 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 139 AM MDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22 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 60 419 PM 64 1972 45 15 38 MINIMUM 30 1159 PM -19 1898 22 8 23 AVERAGE 45 34 11 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.50 1920 0.03 -0.03 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.98 0.50 0.48 0.36 SINCE OCT 1 2.51 3.29 -0.78 2.86 SINCE JAN 1 1.25 1.40 -0.15 1.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 31 -11 34 MONTH TO DATE 699 770 -71 759 SINCE MAR 1 699 770 -71 759 SINCE JUL 1 6839 7339 -500 7431 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1100 PM LOWEST 17 400 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 66 2004 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -15 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 23 2012.........SUNRISE 726 AM MDT SUNSET 747 PM MDT MARCH 24 2012.........SUNRISE 724 AM MDT SUNSET 749 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$