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CLILIH


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST THU MAY 18 2006

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...THE LIHUE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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         78    325 PM  88    1967  81     -3       85       
  MINIMUM         66    747 AM  60    1966  70     -4       73       
  AVERAGE         72                        75     -3       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.15          2.21 1980   0.09   0.06     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.88                      1.69  -0.81     0.69    
  SINCE MAR 1     38.32                      8.27  30.05     3.21    
  SINCE JAN 1     48.84                     16.12  32.72    14.78    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
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                        10     -3       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  155                       169    -14      217       
  SINCE MAR 1    681                       674      7      734       
  SINCE JAN 1   1241                      1069    172     1156       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  61 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE LIHUE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        85      2005                    
                                             1992                    
                                             1984                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        60      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 18 2006...........SUNRISE   557 AM HST   SUNSET   711 PM HST   
MAY 19 2006...........SUNRISE   557 AM HST   SUNSET   711 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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