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CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
245 AM HST SUN MAR 15 2009


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...THE HILO HI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2009


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         79    233 PM  85    1997  79      0       81       
  MINIMUM         56R   533 AM  56    1954  65     -9       67       
  AVERAGE         68                        72     -4       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.36 1978   0.47  -0.47     0.11    
  MONTH TO DATE   22.08                      6.10  15.98     0.32    
  SINCE MAR 1     22.08                      6.10  15.98     0.32    
  SINCE JAN 1     41.16                     24.70  16.46    53.60    
                                                                     
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    1                         0      1        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      1                         0      1        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      1                         0      1        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         7     -4        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   39                        96    -57      119       
  SINCE MAR 1     39                        96    -57      119       
  SINCE JAN 1    339                       474   -135      472       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE HILO HI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        85      1986                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        57      1958                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 15 2009.........SUNRISE   628 AM HST   SUNSET   630 PM HST   
MARCH 16 2009.........SUNRISE   627 AM HST   SUNSET   630 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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