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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA                      
457 PM PST SUN NOV 24 2002

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...THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 24 2002...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 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         70    130 PM  91    1933  68      2       60       
  MINIMUM         45    258 AM  27    1931  40      5       44       
  AVERAGE         58                        54      4       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.57 1984   0.05  -0.05     0.44    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.31                      0.94   1.37     2.07    
  SINCE JUL 1      2.38                      1.78   0.60     2.41    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.97                     11.87  -6.90    13.21    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0     MM       
                                      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                        11     -4                
  MONTH TO DATE  146                       218    -72                
  SINCE SEP 1    462                       429     33                
  SINCE JUL 1    617                       546     71                
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0                
  MONTH TO DATE    4                         3      1                
  SINCE SEP 1     37                        54    -17                
  SINCE JAN 1     53                       121    -68                
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        86      1977                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        32      1980                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 24 2002......SUNRISE   645 AM PST   SUNSET   452 PM PST   
NOVEMBER 25 2002......SUNRISE   646 AM PST   SUNSET   452 PM PST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
*  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.