000 CDUS44 KMEG 270638 CLIMEM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 137 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ................................... ...THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 97 410 PM 103 1943 90 7 93 MINIMUM 78 446 AM 55 1958 70 8 77 AVERAGE 88 80 8 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.32 1947 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.93 2.50 -1.57 1.77 SINCE JUN 1 10.54 11.02 -0.48 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 28.63 36.09 -7.46 32.36 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 23 15 8 20 MONTH TO DATE 552 432 120 334 SINCE JUN 1 1609 1412 197 1235 SINCE JAN 1 1930 1712 218 1634 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 400 AM LOWEST 43 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 105 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 58 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 27 2005........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$