000 CDUS43 KLMK 170811 CLIBWG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY 210 AM CST SUN MAR 17 2002 ................................... ...THE BOWLING GREEN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 54 1200 AM 84 1945 59 -5 52 MINIMUM 44 1159 PM 9 1870 37 7 41 AVERAGE 49 48 1 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.33 MM MM 0.16 0.17 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.50 2.66 -1.16 2.09 SINCE MAR 1 1.50 2.66 -1.16 2.09 SINCE JAN 1 6.44 10.96 -4.52 8.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 T MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 6.1 MM MM 3.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 18 -2 18 MONTH TO DATE 307 342 -35 348 SINCE MAR 1 307 342 -35 348 SINCE JUL 1 3297 3911 -614 3948 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 2 1 1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 80 200 PM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE BOWLING GREEN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 85 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 16 1900 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2002.........SUNRISE 553 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST MARCH 18 2002.........SUNRISE 552 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.