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CDHW43 PHFO 211247
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
246 AM HST SAT AUG 21 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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         87   1202 PM  89    1963  84      3       83       
  MINIMUM         70    249 AM  64    1983  69      1       73       
  AVERAGE         79                        77      2       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          3.85 1989   0.31  -0.29     0.34    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.48                      6.39  -1.91     5.95    
  SINCE JUN 1     15.20                     24.46  -9.26    22.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     92.36                     78.02  14.34    48.96    
                                                                     
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       14                        12      2       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  276                       221     55      261       
  SINCE JUN 1   1017                       860    157      997       
  SINCE JAN 1   2379                      1944    435     2207       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  74 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        87      1995                    
                                             1987                    
                                             1986                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        65      1979                    
                                             1966                    
                                             1961                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 21 2004........SUNRISE   602 AM HST   SUNSET   644 PM HST   
AUGUST 22 2004........SUNRISE   603 AM HST   SUNSET   643 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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