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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA                      
205 PM PST WED FEB 18 2004

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...THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 2004...
VALID AS OF 0200 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1906 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         59   1255 PM  86    1935  65     -6       68       
  MINIMUM         48   1218 AM  29    1975  42      6       42       
  AVERAGE         54                        53      1       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.90*         0.87 1993   0.12   0.78     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.58                      2.03  -0.45     1.17    
  SINCE JUL 1      5.38                      8.59  -3.21     8.03    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.26                      4.67  -2.41     1.39    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY           MM             T    1990   0.0   MM        0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           11                        12     -1                
  MONTH TO DATE  251                       221     30                
  SINCE DEC 1   1146                      1062     84                
  SINCE JUL 1   1734                      1678     56                
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0                
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0                
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0                
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0                
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          M400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     86          M200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    93                                                       
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THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        84      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        29      1956                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 18 2004......SUNRISE   645 AM PST   SUNSET   547 PM PST   
FEBRUARY 19 2004......SUNRISE   644 AM PST   SUNSET   548 PM PST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
*  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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