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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA                      
220 AM PDT MON MAY 1 2006

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...THE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, USC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1877 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         73   1216 PM  96    1996  74     -1       73       
  MINIMUM         57    528 AM  44    1915  56      1       54       
  AVERAGE         65                        65      0       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.96 1955   0.01  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.15                      0.83   1.32     1.05    
  SINCE JUL 1     12.34                     14.77  -2.43    37.06    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.45                     10.98  -1.53    23.53    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        1       
  MONTH TO DATE  124                        83     41       76       
  SINCE MAR 1    418                       227    191      207       
  SINCE JUL 1   1081                       886    195     1037       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    7                        58    -51       22       
  SINCE MAR 1      7                        84    -77       28       
  SINCE JAN 1     32                       122    -90       40       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     57          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, USC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        89      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        41      1915                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  1 2006...........SUNRISE   603 AM PDT   SUNSET   738 PM PDT   
MAY  2 2006...........SUNRISE   602 AM PDT   SUNSET   739 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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