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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST TUE MAY 6 2008


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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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         80    308 PM  87    1995  80      0       82       
  MINIMUM         67    553 AM  60    1971  66      1       66       
  AVERAGE         74                        73      1       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.08          4.23 2002   0.31  -0.23     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.37                      1.59  -0.22     0.54    
  SINCE MAR 1     12.49                     28.48 -15.99    12.18    
  SINCE JAN 1     65.77                     47.08  18.69    38.64    
                                                                     
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   41                        40      1       49       
  SINCE MAR 1    531                       478     53      538       
  SINCE JAN 1    884                       856     28      897       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       

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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        86      2005                    
                                             1995                    
                                             1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        61      1971                    
                                             1966                    
                                             1956                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  6 2008...........SUNRISE   548 AM HST   SUNSET   646 PM HST   
MAY  7 2008...........SUNRISE   548 AM HST   SUNSET   646 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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