000 CDUS43 KLMK 180833 CLILEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY 245 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002 ................................... ...THE LEXINGTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1873 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 55 608 PM 76 1989 56 -1 40 MINIMUM 39 727 AM 4 1900 36 3 34 AVERAGE 47 46 1 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.28 1.16 1932 0.15 0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.66 2.46 -0.80 1.95 SINCE MAR 1 1.66 2.46 -0.80 1.95 SINCE JAN 1 5.42 9.07 -3.65 6.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.5 1903 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T MM MM T SINCE MAR 1 T MM MM T SINCE JUL 1 8.7 MM MM 10.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 19 -1 28 MONTH TO DATE 342 362 -20 417 SINCE MAR 1 342 362 -20 417 SINCE JUL 1 3420 3912 -492 4320 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 92 100 AM AVERAGE 96 .......................................................... THE LEXINGTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 79 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 10 1902 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2002.........SUNRISE 644 AM EST SUNSET 648 PM EST MARCH 19 2002.........SUNRISE 642 AM EST SUNSET 649 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.