000 
CDHW43 PHFO 311805
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
754 AM HST TUE AUG 31 2004

................................... 

...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         86    235 PM  88    1996  84      2       85       
                                      1987                          
                                      1977                          
  MINIMUM         69    618 AM  65    1993  69      0       70       
  AVERAGE         78                        76      2       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.22          2.88 1960   0.31  -0.09     0.52    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.83                      9.47  -2.64     7.52    
  SINCE JUN 1     17.55                     27.54  -9.99    23.63    
  SINCE JAN 1     94.71                     81.10  13.61    50.53    
                                                                     
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       13                        11      2       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  406                       339     67      385       
  SINCE JUN 1   1147                       978    169     1121       
  SINCE JAN 1   2509                      2062    447     2331       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  93 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     57           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        89      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        64      1971                    
                                             1970                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 31 2004........SUNRISE   605 AM HST   SUNSET   636 PM HST   
SEPTEMBER  1 2004.....SUNRISE   605 AM HST   SUNSET   635 PM HST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$