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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
236 AM HST THU FEB 19 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 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         82    309 PM  87    1982  80      2       78       
                                      1968                          
  MINIMUM         70   1159 PM  57    1960  64      6       62       
  AVERAGE         76                        72      4       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.13          4.35 1956   0.32  -0.19     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.50                      5.37   0.13     3.06    
  SINCE DEC 1     27.76                     25.61   2.15    14.78    
  SINCE JAN 1     17.71                     15.11   2.60     4.30    
                                                                     
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       11                         7      4        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  146                       110     36      123       
  SINCE DEC 1    645                       531    114      605       
  SINCE JAN 1    389                       308     81      359       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  79 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     69          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        86      1992                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        58      1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 19 2004......SUNRISE   647 AM HST   SUNSET   621 PM HST   
FEBRUARY 20 2004......SUNRISE   646 AM HST   SUNSET   622 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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