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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
742 AM MST THU DEC 29 2005

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...THE BUTTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28 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         38    938 PM  56    1917  28     10       42       
  MINIMUM         30    921 AM -35    1983   4     26        6       
  AVERAGE         34                        16     18       24      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.31R         0.31 2005   0.02   0.29     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.75                      0.47   0.28     0.03    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.73                      1.86   0.87     0.43    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.38                     12.72   0.66    10.60    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE   MM                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     MM                                                 
  SINCE JUL 1     MM                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        49    -18       41       
  MONTH TO DATE 1402                      1321     81     1073       
  SINCE DEC 1   1402                      1321     81     1073       
  SINCE JUL 1   3820                      3910    -90     3588       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1     69                       127    -58       53       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           600 PM                                     
 LOWEST     69          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       
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THE BUTTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28        55      1917                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    4       -42      1978                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 29 2005......SUNRISE   812 AM MST   SUNSET   453 PM MST   
DECEMBER 30 2005......SUNRISE   812 AM MST   SUNSET   454 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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