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CDHW43 PHFO 181245
CLIITO


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

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...THE HILO 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         79   1053 AM  87    1992  81     -2       85       
                                      1980                          
                                      1977                          
  MINIMUM         67    653 AM  61    1987  67      0       68       
  AVERAGE         73                        74     -1       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             2.35 1977   0.25  -0.25     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE   18.97                      4.85  14.12     1.05    
  SINCE MAR 1     53.28                     31.74  21.54    23.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     73.17                     50.34  22.83    42.08    
                                                                     
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                         9     -1       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  101                       142    -41      189       
  SINCE MAR 1    546                       580    -34      728       
  SINCE JAN 1    926                       958    -32     1173       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  33 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        91      1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        61      1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 18 2006...........SUNRISE   544 AM HST   SUNSET   650 PM HST   
MAY 19 2006...........SUNRISE   543 AM HST   SUNSET   650 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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