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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA                      
500 PM PST WED OCT 30 2002

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...THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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         64   1236 PM  96    1966  72     -8       64       
  MINIMUM         47    722 AM  27    1971  45      2       58       
  AVERAGE         56                        59     -3       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.65 1982   0.03  -0.03     0.33    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.06                      0.42  -0.36     0.33    
  SINCE JUL 1      0.07                      0.81  -0.74     0.34    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.66                     10.90  -8.24    11.14    
                                                                     
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            9                         7      2                
  MONTH TO DATE  225                       134     91                
  SINCE SEP 1    306                       204    102                
  SINCE JUL 1    461                       321    140                
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0                
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        18     -3                
  SINCE SEP 1     33                        51    -18                
  SINCE JAN 1     49                       118    -69                
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     65          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        93      1966                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        28      1935                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 30 2002.......SUNRISE   621 AM PST   SUNSET   510 PM PST   
OCTOBER 31 2002.......SUNRISE   622 AM PST   SUNSET   509 PM PST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
*  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.