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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST MON MAY 19 2008


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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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    324 PM  91    1967  81      1       84       
  MINIMUM         63    559 AM  61    1985  67     -4       67       
  AVERAGE         73                        74     -1       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.07          2.96 1977   0.25  -0.18     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.55                      5.10  -1.55     2.03    
  SINCE MAR 1     14.67                     31.99 -17.32    13.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     67.95                     50.59  17.36    40.13    
                                                                     
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        8                         9     -1       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  150                       151     -1      171       
  SINCE MAR 1    640                       589     51      660       
  SINCE JAN 1    993                       967     26     1019       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.1                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     58           800 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       

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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        87      1980                    
                                             1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        62      1972                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 19 2008...........SUNRISE   543 AM HST   SUNSET   651 PM HST   
MAY 20 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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