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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME                                 
426 PM EDT MON OCT 21 2002

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...THE CARIBOU CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 2002...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         36    259 PM  72    1979  49    -13       61       
  MINIMUM         30    711 AM  15    1972  33     -3       36       
  AVERAGE         33                        41     -8       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          2.00 1964   0.10  -0.10     0.17    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.18                      1.99   0.19     1.63    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.33                      5.26   1.07     5.59    
  SINCE JAN 1     30.13                     30.13   0.00    25.28    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           3.0  1940   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       0.1    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.1                       0.2   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.1                       0.2   -0.1      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           32                        24      8       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  447                       429     18      317       
  SINCE SEP 1    691                       773    -82      577       
  SINCE JUL 1    864                       934    -70      705       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     41                         9     32       31       
  SINCE JAN 1    225                       191     34      245       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     52          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE CARIBOU CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        77      1979                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        14      1940                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 21 2002.......SUNRISE   658 AM EDT   SUNSET   534 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 22 2002.......SUNRISE   700 AM EDT   SUNSET   533 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.