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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI                                
144 AM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

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...THE ROCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 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         44    408 PM  85    1910  57    -13       58       
  MINIMUM         26    655 AM  17    1972  37    -11       29       
  AVERAGE         35                        47    -12       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.61 1937   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.07                      1.23  -0.16     0.38    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.87                      4.35   2.52     1.96    
  SINCE JAN 1     36.21                     27.40   8.81    20.86    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.2  1990   T      0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         T      0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       30                        18     12       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  291                       250     41      229       
  SINCE SEP 1    383                       458    -75      446       
  SINCE JUL 1    500                       531    -31      464       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1        7       
  SINCE SEP 1     81                        27     54       69       
  SINCE JAN 1    349                       473   -124      512       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE ROCHESTER CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        84      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        17      1992                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2004.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2004.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   619 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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