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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST THU AUG 7 2008


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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 6 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         81    924 AM  88    1959  83     -2       87       
  MINIMUM         69   1059 PM  65    1979  70     -1       70       
                                      1962                          
  AVERAGE         75                        76     -1       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.14          5.05 1988   0.33  -0.19     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51                      2.00  -1.49     2.39    
  SINCE JUN 1      8.86                     20.07 -11.21    16.03    
  SINCE JAN 1     77.38                     73.63   3.75    56.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUN 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 JUN 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                        11     -1       14       
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        66     -1       75       
  SINCE JUN 1    757                       705     52      785       
  SINCE JAN 1   1882                      1789     93     1947       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.1                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           500 PM                                     
 LOWEST     58          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       

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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        88      2004                    
                                             1986                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        64      1980                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  7 2008........SUNRISE   558 AM HST   SUNSET   653 PM HST   
AUGUST  8 2008........SUNRISE   559 AM HST   SUNSET   653 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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