992 CDUS45 KMSO 290738 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 138 AM MDT THU MAR 29 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28 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 53 214 PM 66 1986 47 6 40 MINIMUM 28 1159 PM -17 1975 23 5 20 AVERAGE 41 35 6 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.40 1909 0.03 -0.01 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 1.08 0.67 0.41 0.61 SINCE OCT 1 2.61 3.46 -0.85 3.11 SINCE JAN 1 1.35 1.57 -0.22 1.31 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 30 -6 35 MONTH TO DATE 833 953 -120 961 SINCE MAR 1 833 953 -120 961 SINCE JUL 1 6973 7522 -549 7633 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 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 63 1100 PM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 68 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -11 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 29 2012.........SUNRISE 715 AM MDT SUNSET 755 PM MDT MARCH 30 2012.........SUNRISE 713 AM MDT SUNSET 757 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$