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CDUS45 KLAS 010827
CLILAS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS, NV                               
1226 AM PST MON MAR 1 2004

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...THE LAS VEGAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1937 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         59    415 PM  76    1972  66     -7       52       
  MINIMUM         42    650 AM  33    1996  44     -2       41       
  AVERAGE         51                        55     -4       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.24 1960   0.02  -0.02     0.20    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.46                      0.69   0.77     2.13    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.43                      1.68   0.75     2.22    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.47                      1.28   0.19     2.15    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE DEC 1      1.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      1.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                        11      3       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  462                       397     65      368       
  SINCE DEC 1   1522                      1531     -9     1235       
  SINCE JUL 1   1896                      1906    -10     1518       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         3     -3        1       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         2     -2        1       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         2     -2        1       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    58          M400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     24          M200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    41                                                       
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THE LAS VEGAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        82      1986                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        23      1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH  1 2004.........SUNRISE   610 AM PST   SUNSET   536 PM PST   
MARCH  2 2004.........SUNRISE   609 AM PST   SUNSET   537 PM PST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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