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CDHW43 PHFO 231247
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
247 AM HST THU DEC 23 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22 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         81    141 PM  89    1980  79      2       80       
  MINIMUM         67    721 AM  59    1978  64      3       62       
                                      1975                          
                                      1974                          
  AVERAGE         74                        72      2       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.83 1990   0.30  -0.30     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    7.60                      7.87  -0.27     7.41    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.60                      7.87  -0.27     7.41    
  SINCE JAN 1    134.14                    123.64  10.50    88.28    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE DEC 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 DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                         7      2        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  175                       160     15      186       
  SINCE DEC 1    175                       160     15      186       
  SINCE JAN 1   3769                      3165    604     3581       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  26 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        87      1964                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        55      1977                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 23 2004......SUNRISE   651 AM HST   SUNSET   548 PM HST   
DECEMBER 24 2004......SUNRISE   652 AM HST   SUNSET   549 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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