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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST SUN MAY 18 2008


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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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         83    256 PM  87    1992  81      2       83       
                                      1980                          
                                      1977                          
  MINIMUM         64    542 AM  61    1987  67     -3       62       
  AVERAGE         74                        74      0       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.35 1977   0.25  -0.25     0.12    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.48                      4.85  -1.37     1.95    
  SINCE MAR 1     14.60                     31.74 -17.14    13.59    
  SINCE JAN 1     67.88                     50.34  17.54    40.05    
                                                                     
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                         9      0        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  142                       142      0      160       
  SINCE MAR 1    632                       580     52      649       
  SINCE JAN 1    985                       958     27     1008       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     51          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        91      1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        61      1985                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE   543 AM HST   SUNSET   650 PM HST   
MAY 19 2008...........SUNRISE   543 AM HST   SUNSET   651 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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