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CLIGLD

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND                                    
144 AM MDT SAT OCT 24 2009

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...THE GOODLAND KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 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         54    255 PM  88    2003  63     -9       40       
  MINIMUM         28    148 AM   8    1917  35     -7       30       
  AVERAGE         41                        49     -8       35      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.25 1914   0.04  -0.04     0.25    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.36                      0.79   1.57     4.28    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.91                      1.91   4.00     6.23    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.17                     18.28   2.89    19.40    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                                               
  SINCE SEP 1      0.5                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.5                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        16      8       30       
  MONTH TO DATE  466                       262    204      259       
  SINCE SEP 1    589                       379    210      356       
  SINCE JUL 1    598                       394    204      359       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6        1       
  SINCE SEP 1     50                       105    -55       55       
  SINCE JAN 1    728                       894   -166      875       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85                                                       
 LOWEST     50                                                       
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE GOODLAND KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        88      1915                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        20      1975                    
                                             1945                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2009.......SUNRISE   706 AM MDT   SUNSET   555 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 25 2009.......SUNRISE   707 AM MDT   SUNSET   554 PM MDT   

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

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THE AVERAGE SOIL TEMPERATURE AT THE FOUR INCH DEPTH...39

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