866 CDUS45 KMSO 240740 CLIBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST MON DEC 24 2012 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 32 120 PM 50 1950 29 3 23 MINIMUM 10 848 AM -52 1983 5 5 -10 AVERAGE 21 17 4 7 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.34 1955 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.24 0.38 -0.14 0.09 SINCE OCT 1 1.57 1.76 -0.19 1.06 SINCE JAN 1 9.00 12.64 -3.64 11.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JAN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 44 48 -4 58 MONTH TO DATE 991 1089 -98 1127 SINCE DEC 1 991 1089 -98 1127 SINCE JUL 1 3253 3579 -326 3429 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 121 81 40 48 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 200 AM LOWEST 43 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 50 2005 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 5 -40 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 24 2012......SUNRISE 810 AM MST SUNSET 450 PM MST DECEMBER 25 2012......SUNRISE 811 AM MST SUNSET 450 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$