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CDHW43 PHFO 181249
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
248 AM HST SUN JUL 18 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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         91R  1043 AM  89    1986  83      8       82       
  MINIMUM         70    639 AM  63    1970  69      1       71       
  AVERAGE         81                        76      5       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.11          2.74 1958   0.36  -0.25     0.14    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.13                      5.73  -3.60     6.39    
  SINCE JUN 1      8.41                     13.09  -4.68    12.26    
  SINCE JAN 1     85.02                     66.65  18.37    39.16    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUN 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 JUN 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                        11      5       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  156                       182    -26      206       
  SINCE JUN 1    502                       485     17      550       
  SINCE JAN 1   1821                      1569    252     1760       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  51 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        88      1980                    
                                             1969                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        64      1963                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 18 2004..........SUNRISE   551 AM HST   SUNSET   702 PM HST   
JULY 19 2004..........SUNRISE   552 AM HST   SUNSET   701 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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