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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
708 AM MST THU JAN 8 2004

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         29    415 PM  51    1902  29      0       39       
  MINIMUM         -3    349 AM -48    1937   5     -8        4       
  AVERAGE         13                        17     -4       22      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.33 1962   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.14  -0.13     0.01    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.75                      2.06  -1.31     0.48    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.01                      0.14  -0.13     0.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE   MM                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     MM                                                 
  SINCE JUL 1     MM                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       52                        48      4       43       
  MONTH TO DATE  440                       338    102      281       
  SINCE DEC 1   1812                      1802     10     1574       
  SINCE JUL 1   4232                      4391   -159     4322       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     71           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    82                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        48      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    5       -45      1937                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  8 2004.......SUNRISE   811 AM MST   SUNSET   502 PM MST   
JANUARY  9 2004.......SUNRISE   811 AM MST   SUNSET   504 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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