000 CDUS43 KLMK 250756 CLIBWG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY 255 AM CDT THU APR 25 2002 ................................... ...THE BOWLING GREEN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 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 70 513 PM 96 1925 71 -1 66 MINIMUM 47 128 AM 28 1887 47 0 47 AVERAGE 59 59 0 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.48 0.14 1.34 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.10 3.12 1.98 2.09 SINCE MAR 1 12.70 8.09 4.61 5.17 SINCE JAN 1 17.64 16.39 1.25 11.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM T SINCE MAR 1 T MM MM T SINCE JUL 1 6.1 MM MM 3.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 7 -1 8 MONTH TO DATE 177 219 -42 139 SINCE MAR 1 740 770 -30 806 SINCE JUL 1 3730 4199 -469 4406 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 66 7 59 94 SINCE MAR 1 66 8 58 94 SINCE JAN 1 68 8 60 94 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 AM LOWEST 68 600 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE BOWLING GREEN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 92 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 25 2002.........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT APRIL 26 2002.........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.