000 CDHW43 PHFO 011245 CLIITO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 245 AM HST THU JAN 1 2009 ................................... ...THE HILO HI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 31 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 76 330 PM 86 1973 79 -3 79 MINIMUM 65 809 AM 57 1958 64 1 65 AVERAGE 71 72 -1 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.96 5.07 1951 0.30 0.66 0.21 MONTH TO DATE 30.38 10.50 19.88 17.56 SINCE DEC 1 30.38 10.50 19.88 17.56 SINCE JAN 1 127.53 126.27 1.26 106.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 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 DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 7 -1 7 MONTH TO DATE 221 223 -2 242 SINCE DEC 1 221 223 -2 242 SINCE JAN 1 3260 3228 32 3449 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 74 300 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE HILO HI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 85 1969 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 57 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 1 2009.......SUNRISE 655 AM HST SUNSET 553 PM HST JANUARY 2 2009.......SUNRISE 655 AM HST SUNSET 554 PM HST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$