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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
229 AM HST FRI FEB 27 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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    236 PM  86    1963  79      4       77       
  MINIMUM         69    451 AM  58    1991  64      5       65       
  AVERAGE         76                        72      4       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          7.22 2002   0.37  -0.37     0.37    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.10                      8.11  -2.01     5.27    
  SINCE DEC 1     28.36                     28.35   0.01    16.99    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.31                     17.85   0.46     6.51    
                                                                     
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        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  227                       166     61      172       
  SINCE DEC 1    726                       587    139      654       
  SINCE JAN 1    470                       364    106      408       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  66 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90          M100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47          M300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        88      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        60      2002                    
                                             1987                    
                                             1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 27 2004......SUNRISE   642 AM HST   SUNSET   625 PM HST   
FEBRUARY 28 2004......SUNRISE   641 AM HST   SUNSET   625 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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