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CDHW43 PHFO 051247
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
246 AM HST FRI MAY 5 2006

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         82   1207 PM  85    2005  80      2       85       
                                      2003                          
                                      1967                          
  MINIMUM         61R   543 AM  62    1971  66     -5       69       
  AVERAGE         72                        73     -1       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             5.24 1965   0.31  -0.31     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.10                      1.28  -1.18     0.03    
  SINCE MAR 1     34.41                     28.17   6.24    21.98    
  SINCE JAN 1     54.30                     46.77   7.53    41.06    
                                                                     
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        7                         8     -1       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   28                        32     -4       44       
  SINCE MAR 1    473                       470      3      583       
  SINCE JAN 1    853                       848      5     1028       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        87      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        60      1971                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  5 2006...........SUNRISE   549 AM HST   SUNSET   645 PM HST   
MAY  6 2006...........SUNRISE   549 AM HST   SUNSET   645 PM HST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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