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CLICOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO                                   
255 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2003

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...THE COLORADO SPRINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2003...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2003

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         28    333 PM  71    1972  48    -20       47       
  MINIMUM         22    847 AM -16    1962  20      2        8       
  AVERAGE         25                        34     -9       28      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.15          0.45 1957   0.02   0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.63                      0.35   0.28     0.11    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.77                      1.05  -0.28     0.45    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.66                      0.63   0.03     0.36    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        2.5           4.3  1957   0.3    2.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    9.3                       5.3    4.0      1.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     12.3                      16.8   -4.5      6.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     15.0                      27.0  -12.0     12.9     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       40                        30     10       37       
  MONTH TO DATE 1062                       917    145      925       
  SINCE DEC 1   2983                      3147   -164     3029       
  SINCE JUL 1   4575                      4689   -114     4277       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     88          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    94                                                       
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THE COLORADO SPRINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        69      1986                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        -8      1960                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH  1 2003.........SUNRISE   632 AM MST   SUNSET   551 PM MST   
MARCH  2 2003.........SUNRISE   630 AM MST   SUNSET   552 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.