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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1239 AM MST WED FEB 9 2005

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 8 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         32    307 PM  55    1907  33     -1       29       
  MINIMUM         18   1159 PM -51    1936   8     10       17       
  AVERAGE         25                        21      4       23      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.30 1943   0.01  -0.01      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.10  -0.10     0.04    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.89                      2.55  -1.66     1.10    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.12                      0.63  -0.51     0.36    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                               
  MONTH TO DATE   MM                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     MM                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     MM                                               
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       40                        44     -4       42       
  MONTH TO DATE  287                       360    -73      380       
  SINCE DEC 1   2825                      3295   -470     3224       
  SINCE JUL 1   5340                      5884   -544     5644       
                                                                     
 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    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3                                         
                                                                     
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    84          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        54      1907                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    8       -52      1933                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  9 2005......SUNRISE   741 AM MST   SUNSET   548 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 10 2005......SUNRISE   740 AM MST   SUNSET   549 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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