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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
248 AM HST SAT MAY 21 2005

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 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         85    212 PM  94    1966  81      4       86       
  MINIMUM         69    510 AM  64    2001  67      2       71       
                                      1999                          
                                      1982                          
  AVERAGE         77                        74      3       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.59          2.66 1998   0.24   0.35      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.98                      5.58  -3.60     5.50    
  SINCE MAR 1     23.93                     32.47  -8.54    53.26    
  SINCE JAN 1     43.01                     51.07  -8.06    74.69    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 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 MAR 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                         9      3       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  224                       169     55      227       
  SINCE MAR 1    763                       607    156      749       
  SINCE JAN 1   1208                       985    223     1243       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    97           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        88      1992                    
                                             1966                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        62      1981                    
                                             1957                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 21 2005...........SUNRISE   543 AM HST   SUNSET   651 PM HST   
MAY 22 2005...........SUNRISE   542 AM HST   SUNSET   652 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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