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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA                      
258 PM PDT WED APR 24 2002

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...THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 2002...
VALID AS OF 0200 PM LOCAL TIME.

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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         72   1240 PM  87    1910  68      4       81       
  MINIMUM         47    554 AM  31    1971  44      3       46       
  AVERAGE         60                        56      4       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.13 1951   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.03                      0.82  -0.79     0.60    
  SINCE JUL 1      6.20                     13.55  -7.35    11.64    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.32                      9.63  -7.31    10.79    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           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                                                             
  TODAY            5                         9     -4                
  MONTH TO DATE  219                       228     -9                
  SINCE MAR 1    617                       572     45                
  SINCE JUL 1   2538                      2304    234                
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0                
  MONTH TO DATE    2                         0      2                
  SINCE MAR 1      2                         1      1                
  SINCE JAN 1      3                         2      1                
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        89      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        33      1974                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 24 2002.........SUNRISE   619 AM PDT   SUNSET   741 PM PDT   
APRIL 25 2002.........SUNRISE   618 AM PDT   SUNSET   742 PM PDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
*  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.