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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL                               
222 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2018


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...THE MUSCLE SHOALS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 2018...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2018


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         86    336 PM  91    1902  78      8       83       
  MINIMUM         60    446 AM  36    1918  55      5       49       
  AVERAGE         73                        66      7       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.21 2002   0.15  -0.15     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.46  -0.46     0.13    
  SINCE MAR 1     11.99                      9.57   2.42     8.90    
  SINCE JAN 1     26.33                     18.84   7.49    16.14    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      T                                                 
  SINCE JUL 1      0.6                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6        6       
  SINCE MAR 1    609                       544     65      386       
  SINCE JUL 1   2957                      3079   -122     2066       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                         3      5        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   19                         9     10        1       
  SINCE MAR 1     44                        73    -29      141       
  SINCE JAN 1     72                        74     -2      149       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE MUSCLE SHOALS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        91      1902                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        34      1940                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  4 2018...........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   738 PM CDT   
MAY  5 2018...........SUNRISE   556 AM CDT   SUNSET   739 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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