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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
247 AM HST WED APR 21 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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         81        MM  89    1978  79      2       79        
  MINIMUM         67        MM  62    1991  66      1       67        
                                      1955                          
  AVERAGE         74                        73      1       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.16          3.16 1971   0.40  -0.24     0.73    
  MONTH TO DATE   18.21                      8.88   9.33     8.88    
  SINCE MAR 1     45.46                     23.23  22.23    10.38    
  SINCE JAN 1     65.95                     41.83  24.12    17.06    
                                                                     
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        9                         8      1        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  179                       143     36      153       
  SINCE MAR 1    437                       358     79      423       
  SINCE JAN 1    931                       736    195      848       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM            
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        86      1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        59      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 21 2004.........SUNRISE   558 AM HST   SUNSET   640 PM HST   
APRIL 22 2004.........SUNRISE   557 AM HST   SUNSET   641 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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