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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1239 AM MST SAT FEB 5 2005

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 4 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         54    217 PM  55    1963  32     22       29       
  MINIMUM         27    738 AM -44    1989   7     20        2       
  AVERAGE         41                        20     21       16      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.30 1914   0.01  -0.01      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.06  -0.06      T      
  SINCE OCT 1      0.89                      2.51  -1.62     1.06    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.12                      0.59  -0.47     0.32    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        MM                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    MM                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      MM                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      MM                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        45    -21       49       
  MONTH TO DATE  119                       181    -62      196       
  SINCE DEC 1   2657                      3116   -459     3040       
  SINCE JUL 1   5172                      5705   -533     5460       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    75           900 AM                                     
 LOWEST     21           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        57      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    8       -44      1982                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  5 2005......SUNRISE   747 AM MST   SUNSET   542 PM MST   
FEBRUARY  6 2005......SUNRISE   745 AM MST   SUNSET   543 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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