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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC                  
1231 AM EST WED FEB 26 2003

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...THE WASHINGTON DULLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 2003...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1962 TO 2003

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         37   1219 AM  79    2000  48    -11       62       
  MINIMUM         22   1115 PM   9    1967  26     -4       24       
  AVERAGE         30                        37     -7       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.20 1979   0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.85                      2.45   2.40     0.35    
  SINCE DEC 1     11.15                      8.57   2.58     3.13    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.54                      5.50   2.04     1.57    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.1  1974   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   28.5                       5.6   22.9       T      
  SINCE DEC 1     41.8                      15.9   25.9      2.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     41.8                      16.8   25.0      2.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       35                        28      7       22       
  MONTH TO DATE  849                       766     83      647       
  SINCE DEC 1   2948                      2675    273     2169       
  SINCE JUL 1   3930                      3652    278     2972       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    64           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    50                                                       
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THE WASHINGTON DULLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        69      2002                    
                                             1977                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27         7      1970                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 26 2003......SUNRISE   647 AM EST   SUNSET   559 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 27 2003......SUNRISE   646 AM EST   SUNSET   600 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.