000 CDUS46 KSMX 211001 CLISMX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA 259 AM PDT SUN APR 21 2002 ................................... ...THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1906 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 60 126 PM 91 1986 68 -8 62 MINIMUM 44 1159 PM 31 1972 43 1 41 AVERAGE 52 56 -4 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.52 1983 0.02 -0.02 0.11 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.74 -0.71 0.55 SINCE JUL 1 6.20 13.47 -7.27 11.59 SINCE JAN 1 2.32 9.55 -7.23 10.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 1996 MM MM MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM MM SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM MM SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 9 4 MONTH TO DATE 186 192 -6 SINCE MAR 1 584 536 48 SINCE JUL 1 2505 2268 237 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 SINCE MAR 1 2 1 1 SINCE JAN 1 3 2 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 62 1200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 90 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 30 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2002.........SUNRISE 622 AM PDT SUNSET 739 PM PDT APRIL 22 2002.........SUNRISE 621 AM PDT SUNSET 740 PM PDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.