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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST WED MAY 24 2006

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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         80    325 PM  88    1966  81     -1       86       
  MINIMUM         63    547 AM  62    1987  67     -4       67       
                                      1975                          
  AVERAGE         72                        74     -2       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             2.64 1978   0.23  -0.23     0.15    
  MONTH TO DATE   21.95                      6.28  15.67     2.18    
  SINCE MAR 1     56.26                     33.17  23.09    24.13    
  SINCE JAN 1     76.15                     51.77  24.38    43.21    
                                                                     
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                         9     -2       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  142                       196    -54      261       
  SINCE MAR 1    587                       634    -47      800       
  SINCE JAN 1    967                      1012    -45     1245       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  46 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        87      1992                    
                                             1968                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        63      1975                    
                                             1970                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 24 2006...........SUNRISE   542 AM HST   SUNSET   652 PM HST   
MAY 25 2006...........SUNRISE   542 AM HST   SUNSET   653 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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