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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST FRI AUG 8 2008


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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7 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    206 PM  88    2004  83      1       85       
                                      1986                          
  MINIMUM         68    236 AM  64    1980  70     -2       67       
  AVERAGE         76                        76      0       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.15          5.02 1991   0.32  -0.17     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.66                      2.32  -1.66     2.42    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.01                     20.39 -11.38    16.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     77.53                     73.95   3.58    56.48    
                                                                     
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       11                        11      0       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   76                        77     -1       86       
  SINCE JUN 1    768                       716     52      796       
  SINCE JAN 1   1893                      1800     93     1958       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.5                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           500 PM                                     
 LOWEST     55           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       

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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        88      1986                    
                                             1971                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        64      1955                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  8 2008........SUNRISE   559 AM HST   SUNSET   653 PM HST   
AUGUST  9 2008........SUNRISE   559 AM HST   SUNSET   652 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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