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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI                                
1243 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2004

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...THE ROCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 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         38    306 PM  57    1976  31      7       33       
  MINIMUM         23    644 AM -22    1935  16      7        6       
  AVERAGE         31                        23      8       20      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.09 1948   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.58                      0.71   0.87     0.65    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.25                      2.67   0.58     1.52    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.90                      1.65   0.25     0.96    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.4  1971   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   18.6                       7.5   11.1      6.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     40.0                      31.0    9.0     13.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     41.3                      39.1    2.2     16.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       4                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       34                        42     -8       45       
  MONTH TO DATE 1243                      1264    -21     1359       
  SINCE DEC 1   4120                      4393   -273     4199       
  SINCE JUL 1   5845                      6246   -401     6080       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         4     -4        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88          M400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     64          M200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE ROCHESTER CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        53      2000                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -25      1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 28 2004......SUNRISE   649 AM CST   SUNSET   556 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 29 2004......SUNRISE   648 AM CST   SUNSET   558 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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