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CDHW43 PHFO 011245
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST THU MAY 1 2008


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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 2008...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         82   1233 PM  85    2005  80      2       83       
  MINIMUM         66   1157 PM  62    1985  66      0       65       
  AVERAGE         74                        73      1       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             3.70 1970   0.34  -0.34     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.91                     12.54  -6.63     7.39    
  SINCE MAR 1     11.12                     26.89 -15.77    11.64    
  SINCE JAN 1     64.40                     45.49  18.91    38.10    
                                                                     
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        9                         8      1        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  240                       223     17      242       
  SINCE MAR 1    490                       438     52      489       
  SINCE JAN 1    843                       816     27      848       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        85      2005                    
                                             1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        61      1979                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  1 2008...........SUNRISE   551 AM HST   SUNSET   644 PM HST   
MAY  2 2008...........SUNRISE   550 AM HST   SUNSET   644 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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