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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA                      
556 PM PDT WED OCT 2 2002

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...THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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         73   1211 PM  94    1995  75     -2       70       
  MINIMUM         42    628 AM  36    1950  51     -9       53       
  AVERAGE         58                        63     -5       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.01 1956   0.01  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  SINCE JUL 1      0.01                      0.41  -0.40     0.01    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.60                     10.50  -7.90    10.81    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      1995                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 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                                                             
  TODAY            7                         3      4                
  MONTH TO DATE   14                         6      8                
  SINCE SEP 1     95                        76     19                
  SINCE JUL 1    250                       193     57                
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         1     -1                
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2                
  SINCE SEP 1     18                        35    -17                
  SINCE JAN 1     34                       102    -68                
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75       100      1985                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        39      1973                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  2 2002.......SUNRISE   657 AM PDT   SUNSET   644 PM PDT   
OCTOBER  3 2002.......SUNRISE   658 AM PDT   SUNSET   643 PM PDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
*  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.