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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
247 AM HST FRI DEC 24 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 23 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         82   1258 PM  87    1964  79      3       83       
  MINIMUM         67    727 AM  55    1977  64      3       66       
  AVERAGE         75                        72      3       75      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.06          1.19 1970   0.29   0.77     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    8.66                      8.16   0.50     7.43    
  SINCE DEC 1      8.66                      8.16   0.50     7.43    
  SINCE JAN 1    135.20                    123.93  11.27    88.30    
                                                                     
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       10                         7      3       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  185                       167     18      196       
  SINCE DEC 1    185                       167     18      196       
  SINCE JAN 1   3779                      3172    607     3591       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  26 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     54           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        87      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        56      1978                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 24 2004......SUNRISE   652 AM HST   SUNSET   549 PM HST   
DECEMBER 25 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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