510 CDUS45 KMSO 240741 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 141 AM MDT THU MAY 24 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 52 312 PM 84 1929 63 -11 62 MINIMUM 35 1149 PM 19 1986 36 -1 43 AVERAGE 44 50 -6 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.56 1980 0.08 -0.08 0.39 MONTH TO DATE 0.48 1.39 -0.91 1.45 SINCE OCT 1 4.44 6.11 -1.67 5.45 SINCE JAN 1 3.18 4.22 -1.04 3.65 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 15 6 12 MONTH TO DATE 421 427 -6 465 SINCE MAR 1 1992 2249 -257 2425 SINCE JUL 1 8132 8818 -686 9097 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 W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 200 AM LOWEST 31 100 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 84 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 20 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2012...........SUNRISE 548 AM MDT SUNSET 906 PM MDT MAY 25 2012...........SUNRISE 547 AM MDT SUNSET 907 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$