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CLIAVL

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC                   
248 AM EDT WED MAY 17 2006

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...THE ASHEVILLE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1965 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         65    252 PM  87    2001  73     -8       71       
  MINIMUM         40    218 AM  36    1997  51    -11       45       
  AVERAGE         53                        62     -9       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.38 1983   0.15  -0.15     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.23                      2.17  -1.94     0.51    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.72                     10.26  -4.54     6.70    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.85                     18.15  -6.30    11.27    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM   0.0             0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T               0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      T                         3.2             0.4     
  SINCE JUL 1      1.4                      15.7             6.6     
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                         4      8        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  109                        83     26      100       
  SINCE MAR 1    849                       966   -117     1011       
  SINCE JUL 1   3833                      4270   -437     3804       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        13    -13        9       
  SINCE MAR 1     18                        19     -1        9       
  SINCE JAN 1     18                        19     -1        9       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE ASHEVILLE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        87      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        34      1967                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 17 2006...........SUNRISE   624 AM EDT   SUNSET   829 PM EDT   
MAY 18 2006...........SUNRISE   624 AM EDT   SUNSET   830 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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