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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST FRI MAY 16 2008


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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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         84   1249 PM  86    1980  81      3       85       
  MINIMUM         65    546 AM  63    1985  67     -2       67       
                                      1975                          
                                      1971                          
  AVERAGE         75                        74      1       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          7.89 1989   0.26  -0.26     0.14    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.48                      4.35  -0.87     1.79    
  SINCE MAR 1     14.60                     31.24 -16.64    13.43    
  SINCE JAN 1     67.88                     49.84  18.04    39.89    
                                                                     
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       10                         9      1       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  124                       124      0      143       
  SINCE MAR 1    614                       562     52      632       
  SINCE JAN 1    967                       940     27      991       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        87      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        63      2001                    
                                             1990                    
                                             1987                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 16 2008...........SUNRISE   544 AM HST   SUNSET   649 PM HST   
MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE   544 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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