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CDHW43 PHFO 181237
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
236 AM HST WED FEB 18 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         81    209 PM  89    1995  80      1       73       
  MINIMUM         66    622 AM  57    1957  64      2       63       
  AVERAGE         74                        72      2       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.15          8.63 1951   0.31  -0.16     0.09    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.37                      5.05   0.32     3.03    
  SINCE DEC 1     27.63                     25.29   2.34    14.75    
  SINCE JAN 1     17.58                     14.79   2.79     4.27    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE DEC 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                         7      2        3       
  MONTH TO DATE  135                       103     32      118       
  SINCE DEC 1    634                       524    110      600       
  SINCE JAN 1    378                       301     77      354       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  51 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     67           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        87      1982                    
                                             1968                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        57      1960                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 18 2004......SUNRISE   648 AM HST   SUNSET   621 PM HST   
FEBRUARY 19 2004......SUNRISE   647 AM HST   SUNSET   621 PM HST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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