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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
236 AM HST SUN MAR 21 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 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         79    129 PM  84    1967  79      0       81       
  MINIMUM         63    348 AM  57    1971  65     -2       66       
  AVERAGE         71                        72     -1       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             3.66 1991   0.49  -0.49      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    8.19                      8.98  -0.79     0.36    
  SINCE MAR 1      8.19                      8.98  -0.79     0.36    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.68                     27.58   1.10     7.04    
                                                                     
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        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        6                         7     -1        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  162                       138     24      161       
  SINCE MAR 1    162                       138     24      161       
  SINCE JAN 1    656                       516    140      586       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  33 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        87      1974                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        58      1954                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 21 2004.........SUNRISE   623 AM HST   SUNSET   632 PM HST   
MARCH 22 2004.........SUNRISE   622 AM HST   SUNSET   632 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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