318 CDUS45 KMSO 240739 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 138 AM MDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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 47 527 PM 66 2004 46 1 42 MINIMUM 30 1237 AM -15 1964 22 8 15 AVERAGE 39 34 5 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 0.35 1904 0.02 0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.06 0.52 0.54 0.36 SINCE OCT 1 2.59 3.31 -0.72 2.86 SINCE JAN 1 1.33 1.42 -0.09 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 26 31 -5 36 MONTH TO DATE 725 801 -76 795 SINCE MAR 1 725 801 -76 795 SINCE JUL 1 6865 7370 -505 7467 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1000 PM LOWEST 60 500 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 65 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -20 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 24 2012.........SUNRISE 724 AM MDT SUNSET 749 PM MDT MARCH 25 2012.........SUNRISE 722 AM MDT SUNSET 750 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$