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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA                      
159 AM PDT THU AUG 18 2005

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...THE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, USC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1877 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         77   1211 PM 104    1885  85     -8       80       
  MINIMUM         61    507 AM  52    1887  66     -5       66       
  AVERAGE         69                        76     -7       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.06 1977   0.00   0.00     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.00   0.00     0.00    
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.01  -0.01      T      
  SINCE JAN 1     23.72                     11.36  12.36     6.57    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                         5     -5        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                        11     -7        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  121                       180    -59      140       
  SINCE JUN 1    460                       653   -193      532       
  SINCE JAN 1    593                       859   -266      813       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, USC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       102      1885                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        52      1887                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE   616 AM PDT   SUNSET   737 PM PDT   
AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE   617 AM PDT   SUNSET   736 PM PDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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