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CDHW43 PHFO 091247
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
246 AM HST TUE MAY 9 2006

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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         79    416 PM  87    1966  80     -1       84       
  MINIMUM         67   1159 PM  59    1992  66      1       67       
  AVERAGE         73                        73      0       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        2.28          4.00 1985   0.29   1.99     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE   13.64                      2.47  11.17     0.70    
  SINCE MAR 1     47.95                     29.36  18.59    22.65    
  SINCE JAN 1     67.84                     47.96  19.88    41.73    
                                                                     
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        8                         8      0       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        64    -13       91       
  SINCE MAR 1    496                       502     -6      630       
  SINCE JAN 1    876                       880     -4     1075       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE   5 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     67          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        89      1966                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        60      1971                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  9 2006...........SUNRISE   547 AM HST   SUNSET   646 PM HST   
MAY 10 2006...........SUNRISE   547 AM HST   SUNSET   647 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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