000 CDUS46 KSMX 051026 CLISMX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA 315 AM PDT SUN MAY 5 2002 ................................... ...THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 61 138 PM 90 1953 68 -7 81 MINIMUM 44 1028 PM 32 1920 45 -1 43 AVERAGE 53 57 -4 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.02 1956 0.01 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.05 -0.05 0.00 SINCE JUL 1 6.40 13.69 -7.29 11.64 SINCE JAN 1 2.52 9.77 -7.25 10.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 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 YESTERDAY 12 8 4 MONTH TO DATE 48 32 16 SINCE MAR 1 723 655 68 SINCE JUL 1 2644 2387 257 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 2 5 -3 SINCE JAN 1 3 6 -3 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 92 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 32 1975 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2002...........SUNRISE 607 AM PDT SUNSET 750 PM PDT MAY 6 2002...........SUNRISE 606 AM PDT SUNSET 751 PM PDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.