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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY                               
142 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2002

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...THE BINGHAMTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1951 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         45    430 PM  87    1996  67    -22       70       
  MINIMUM         31R   433 AM  33    1973  47    -16       51       
  AVERAGE         38                        57    -19       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             2.06 1988   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.88                      2.13   1.75     0.29    
  SINCE MAR 1     11.44                      8.59   2.85     6.43    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.55                     13.63   1.92     8.94    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T   R         T    1976   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.7                       0.2    1.5      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     18.9                      16.9    2.0     46.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     63.6                      81.8  -18.2    112.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       27                         8     19        4       
  MONTH TO DATE  305                       210     95      149       
  SINCE MAR 1   1842                      1801     41     1850       
  SINCE JUL 1   6197                      6952   -755     7299       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        10    -10       23       
  SINCE MAR 1     31                        15     16       26       
  SINCE JAN 1     31                        15     16       26       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  23 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE BINGHAMTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        89      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        32      1956                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 20 2002...........SUNRISE   538 AM EDT   SUNSET   823 PM EDT   
MAY 21 2002...........SUNRISE   537 AM EDT   SUNSET   824 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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