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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
440 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         54    423 PM  82    1918  56     -2       42
  MINIMUM         35    546 AM   4    1914  29      6       11
  AVERAGE         45                        43      2       27

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.32 1894   0.02  -0.02      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.25                      0.44  -0.19     0.17
  SINCE DEC 1      1.04                      1.68  -0.64     1.27
  SINCE JAN 1      0.95                      1.07  -0.12     0.17

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0                       0.1   -0.1       T
  MONTH TO DATE    3.3                       3.3    0.0      0.9
  SINCE DEC 1      8.0                      11.8   -3.3     11.5
  SINCE JUL 1      8.5                      14.6   -6.1     11.5
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       20                        23     -3       38
  MONTH TO DATE  645                       588     57      572
  SINCE DEC 1   2171                      2382   -211     2262
  SINCE JUL 1   2881                      3273   -392     3283

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.4

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  74 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           500 AM
 LOWEST     54           400 PM
 AVERAGE    77
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        81      1918
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29         3      1965

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 24 2004......SUNRISE   724 AM CST   SUNSET   638 PM CST
FEBRUARY 25 2004......SUNRISE   722 AM CST   SUNSET   639 PM CST

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.


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