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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA                      
1228 AM PST MON MAR 8 2004

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...THE FRESNO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 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         74    439 PM  84    1899  64     10       69       
  MINIMUM         46    633 AM  30    1969  44      2       43       
  AVERAGE         60                        54      6       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.35 1918   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.15                      0.56   0.59     0.08    
  SINCE JUL 1      7.08                      8.21  -1.13     5.73    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.71                      4.84  -1.13     1.70    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                        10     -5        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   77                        76      1       83       
  SINCE MAR 1     77                        76      1       83       
  SINCE JUL 1   1939                      2059   -120     1704       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     7   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     8   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.2                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100                                                       
 LOWEST     46                                                       
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE FRESNO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        84      1972                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        29      1964                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH  8 2004.........SUNRISE   619 AM PST   SUNSET   600 PM PST   
MARCH  9 2004.........SUNRISE   618 AM PST   SUNSET   601 PM PST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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