000 CDUS44 KMEG 170738 CLIMEM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 137 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ................................... ...THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16 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 47 121 PM 76 1924 52 -5 49 MINIMUM 32 734 AM 5 1901 34 -2 26 AVERAGE 40 43 -3 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.56 1892 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 3.13 -1.79 2.60 SINCE DEC 1 1.34 3.13 -1.79 2.60 SINCE JAN 1 39.44 52.10 -12.66 51.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1996 0.0 0.0 0.0 1974 1973 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 21 4 27 MONTH TO DATE 393 313 80 285 SINCE DEC 1 393 313 80 285 SINCE JUL 1 835 828 7 566 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 61 100 AM LOWEST 31 100 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 76 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 11 1932 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 17 2005......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 450 PM CST DECEMBER 18 2005......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 451 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$