CXUS55 KMSO 060130 CLMBTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 730 PM MDT FRI APR 05 2024 ................................... ...THE BUTTE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 69 03/15/1994 LOW -36 03/10/1948 HIGHEST 61 03/18 MM MM 43 LOWEST -5 03/07 MM MM -9 AVG. MAXIMUM 42.6 43.7 -1.1 34.4 AVG. MINIMUM 18.7 19.4 -0.7 10.6 MEAN 30.7 31.6 -0.9 22.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 3.7 2.3 10 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 29.6 1.4 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 3 1.8 1.2 5 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.15 1918 MINIMUM 0.07 1959 TOTALS 0.79 0.64 0.15 0.84 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.03 DAYS >= .01 10 8.8 1.2 14 DAYS >= .10 3 2.2 0.8 1 DAYS >= .50 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.38 03/23 TO 03/24 0.32 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1056 1037 19 SINCE 7/1 7066 7513 -447 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/290 DATE 03/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/290 DATE 03/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 15 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$