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CDHW43 PHFO 181245
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST WED OCT 18 2006

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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         86   1228 PM  88    1962  83      3       83       
  MINIMUM         71   1159 PM  64    1971  68      3       68       
                                      1956                          
  AVERAGE         79                        76      3       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.45          3.57 1960   0.29   0.16     0.09    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.96                      4.61   0.35     5.29    
  SINCE SEP 1     14.48                     13.75   0.73    25.02    
  SINCE JAN 1    108.84                     95.16  13.68    95.73    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE SEP 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 SEP 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                        11      3       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  206                       187     19      174       
  SINCE SEP 1    535                       523     12      549       
  SINCE JAN 1   2626                      2596     30     2974       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     65           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        90      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        63      1980                    
                                             1976                    
                                             1971                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2006.......SUNRISE   616 AM HST   SUNSET   555 PM HST   
OCTOBER 19 2006.......SUNRISE   616 AM HST   SUNSET   554 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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