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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA                      
206 AM PST FRI DEC 27 2002

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...THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 26 2002...

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)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         63    140 PM  84    1980  64     -1       64       
  MINIMUM         46    344 AM  24    1962  38      8       38       
  AVERAGE         55                        51      4       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.30 1948   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.60                      1.49   2.11     0.66    
  SINCE JUL 1      5.98                      3.57   2.41     3.21    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.57                     13.66  -5.09    14.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      1995                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                      MM      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1      0.0                      MM      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                      MM      0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                        14     -4                
  MONTH TO DATE  327                       352    -25                
  SINCE DEC 1    327                       352    -25                
  SINCE JUL 1    986                       968     18                
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0                
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0                
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0                
  SINCE JAN 1     53                       121    -68                
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           700 PM                                     
 LOWEST     48           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        82      1956                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        25      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 27 2002......SUNRISE   708 AM PST   SUNSET   458 PM PST   
DECEMBER 28 2002......SUNRISE   709 AM PST   SUNSET   458 PM PST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
*  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.