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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME                                 
122 AM EDT MON AUG 5 2002

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...THE CARIBOU CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         81   1222 PM  93    1944  76      5       79       
  MINIMUM         57    408 AM  40    1997  55      2       55       
  AVERAGE         69                        66      3       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.63 1954   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.04                      0.53  -0.49     0.01    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.10                      7.73   1.37     8.61    
  SINCE JAN 1     23.29                     21.25   2.04    18.18    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         7     -7        0       
  SINCE JUN 1    317                       224     93      212       
  SINCE JUL 1     79                        65     14       65       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         2      2        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   11                        10      1       18       
  SINCE JUN 1     89                       129    -40      133       
  SINCE JAN 1     90                       136    -46      138       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE CARIBOU CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        93      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        43      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  5 2002........SUNRISE   517 AM EDT   SUNSET   759 PM EDT   
AUGUST  6 2002........SUNRISE   518 AM EDT   SUNSET   757 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.