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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX                                 
126 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2009


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...THE DALHART CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 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         61   1118 AM  90    1979  74    -13       75       
  MINIMUM         40   1203 AM  30    1952  45     -5       39       
  AVERAGE         51                        59     -8       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.59 1954   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.31  -0.31      T      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.28                      1.87  -1.59     0.26    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.45                     16.31  -4.86     9.84    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1976   0.0   MM        0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                         6      8        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   70                        38     32       15       
  SINCE SEP 1    138                       101     37       39       
  SINCE JUL 1    138                       105     33       39       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    5                         4      1        7       
  SINCE SEP 1    119                       116      3       89       
  SINCE JAN 1   1132                      1076     56     1159       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED  11   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   S (190)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     40          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       

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THE DALHART CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        93      1979                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        26      1970                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  8 2009.......SUNRISE   751 AM CDT   SUNSET   724 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  9 2009.......SUNRISE   752 AM CDT   SUNSET   722 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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JOHNSON