000 CDHW43 PHFO 161247 CLIITO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 246 AM HST THU MAR 16 2006 ................................... ...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 129 PM 85 1986 79 -5 81 MINIMUM 68 1159 PM 57 1958 65 3 62 AVERAGE 71 72 -1 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.88 3.43 1980 0.47 0.41 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 18.54 6.57 11.97 4.29 SINCE MAR 1 18.54 6.57 11.97 4.29 SINCE JAN 1 38.43 25.17 13.26 23.37 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 6 7 -1 7 MONTH TO DATE 89 103 -14 117 SINCE MAR 1 89 103 -14 117 SINCE JAN 1 469 481 -12 562 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 84 1100 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 86 2003 1997 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 56 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2006.........SUNRISE 628 AM HST SUNSET 630 PM HST MARCH 17 2006.........SUNRISE 627 AM HST SUNSET 631 PM HST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$