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CLIGLD

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND                                    
1244 AM MST TUE MAR 1 2005

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...THE GOODLAND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1896 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         45    252 PM  80    1932  48     -3       57       
  MINIMUM         20   1043 PM -16    1960  23     -3       37       
  AVERAGE         33                        36     -3       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.36 1931   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.25                      0.44  -0.19     0.35    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.52                      1.27  -0.75     1.12    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.34                      0.87  -0.53     0.41    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    2.5                                               
  SINCE DEC 1      5.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      9.5                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        29      3       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  789                       916   -127      932       
  SINCE DEC 1   2801                      3147   -346     2973       
  SINCE JUL 1   4044                      4498   -454     4190       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  88 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    69                                                       
 LOWEST     20                                                       
 AVERAGE    45                                                       
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THE GOODLAND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        77      1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23       -11      1922                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH  1 2005.........SUNRISE   619 AM MST   SUNSET   539 PM MST   
MARCH  2 2005.........SUNRISE   618 AM MST   SUNSET   540 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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AVERAGE SOIL TEMPERATURE AT THE FOUR INCH DEPTH...41

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