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CDHW43 PHFO 181247
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
247 AM HST MON OCT 18 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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         85    131 PM  88    1962  83      2       84       
  MINIMUM         68    646 AM  64    1971  68      0       68       
                                      1956                          
  AVERAGE         77                        76      1       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.10          3.57 1960   0.29  -0.19     0.07    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.97                      4.61   0.36     3.88    
  SINCE SEP 1     10.66                     13.75  -3.09    11.68    
  SINCE JAN 1    106.31                     95.16  11.15    62.99    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE SEP 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 SEP 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                        11      1       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  210                       187     23      220       
  SINCE SEP 1    603                       523     80      605       
  SINCE JAN 1   3121                      2596    525     2949       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  57 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        90      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        63      1980                    
                                             1976                    
                                             1971                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2004.......SUNRISE   616 AM HST   SUNSET   554 PM HST   
OCTOBER 19 2004.......SUNRISE   616 AM HST   SUNSET   554 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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