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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA                      
559 PM PDT MON AUG 5 2002

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...THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 2002...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
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    212 PM  84    1997  74     -2       75       
  MINIMUM         54    658 AM  45    1935  54      0       53       
  AVERAGE         63                        64     -1       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.01 1973   0.00   0.00     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.00   0.00     0.00    
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.03  -0.03     0.01    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.60                     10.12  -7.52    10.81    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           0.0  1995   0.0    0.0     MM       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0     MM       
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0     MM       
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0     MM       
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY            2                         2      0                
  MONTH TO DATE    8                        10     -2                
  SINCE JUN 1    229                       213     16                
  SINCE JUL 1     73                        78     -5                
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         1     -1                
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         5     -5                
  SINCE JUN 1     10                        38    -28                
  SINCE JAN 1     14                        47    -33                
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        91      1983                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        44      1935                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  5 2002........SUNRISE   614 AM PDT   SUNSET   801 PM PDT   
AUGUST  6 2002........SUNRISE   615 AM PDT   SUNSET   800 PM PDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
*  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.