576 CDUS45 KMSO 041045 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 445 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 53 317 PM 81 1966 57 -4 46 MINIMUM 26 518 AM 18 1953 30 -4 30 AVERAGE 40 44 -4 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 0.61 2007 0.05 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.10 0.14 -0.04 T SINCE OCT 1 4.06 4.86 -0.80 4.00 SINCE JAN 1 2.80 2.97 -0.17 2.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 21 4 27 MONTH TO DATE 80 65 15 81 SINCE MAR 1 1651 1887 -236 2041 SINCE JUL 1 7791 8456 -665 8713 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 500 AM LOWEST 44 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 83 1966 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 15 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2012...........SUNRISE 612 AM MDT SUNSET 842 PM MDT MAY 5 2012...........SUNRISE 610 AM MDT SUNSET 844 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$