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CDHW43 PHFO 251237
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
236 AM HST WED FEB 25 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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    328 PM  89    1992  79      2       79       
  MINIMUM         68    554 AM  57    1965  64      4       65       
  AVERAGE         75                        72      3       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.54          7.09 2002   0.35   0.19     0.12    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.06                      7.38  -1.32     4.89    
  SINCE DEC 1     28.32                     27.62   0.70    16.61    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.27                     17.12   1.15     6.13    
                                                                     
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        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  206                       152     54      159       
  SINCE DEC 1    705                       573    132      641       
  SINCE JAN 1    449                       350     99      395       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  14 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        91      1968                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        58      1982                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 25 2004......SUNRISE   643 AM HST   SUNSET   624 PM HST   
FEBRUARY 26 2004......SUNRISE   642 AM HST   SUNSET   624 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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