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CDHW43 PHFO 211237
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
236 AM HST SAT FEB 21 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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         83   1105 AM  92    1968  80      3       79       
  MINIMUM         67   1159 PM  58    2000  64      3       61       
                                      1989                          
                                      1953                          
  AVERAGE         75                        72      3       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00         16.87 1979   0.33  -0.33     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.52                      6.02  -0.50     3.51    
  SINCE DEC 1     27.78                     26.26   1.52    15.23    
  SINCE JAN 1     17.73                     15.76   1.97     4.75    
                                                                     
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       10                         7      3        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  166                       124     42      134       
  SINCE DEC 1    665                       545    120      616       
  SINCE JAN 1    409                       322     87      370       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  45 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     58          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        87      1986                    
                                             1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        53      1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 21 2004......SUNRISE   646 AM HST   SUNSET   622 PM HST   
FEBRUARY 22 2004......SUNRISE   645 AM HST   SUNSET   623 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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