190 CDUS43 KGID 030644 CLIGRI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1243 AM CST WED MAR 3 2004 ................................... ...THE GRAND ISLAND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 42 348 PM 79 1974 44 -2 31 MINIMUM 30 845 AM -5 1960 22 8 11 AVERAGE 36 33 3 21 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.75 1979 0.05 -0.05 T MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.09 -0.07 T SINCE MAR 1 0.02 0.09 -0.07 T SINCE JAN 1 2.34 1.31 1.03 1.64 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.6 1993 0.2 -0.2 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 T SINCE JUL 1 28.7 25.0 3.7 20.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 32 -3 44 MONTH TO DATE 57 64 -7 75 SINCE MAR 1 57 64 -7 75 SINCE JUL 1 4853 4980 -127 4823 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 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 89 800 PM LOWEST 59 300 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE GRAND ISLAND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 75 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -16 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2004.........SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 627 PM CST MARCH 4 2004.........SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE HASTINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 42 311 PM 78 1974 45 -3 32 MINIMUM 30 850 AM -2 1980 24 6 13 AVERAGE 36 34 2 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.75 1951 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.09 -0.04 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.05 0.09 -0.04 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 2.96 1.31 1.65 1.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1952 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 29.4 21.4 8.0 23.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 31 -2 42 MONTH TO DATE 58 62 -4 72 SINCE MAR 1 58 62 -4 72 SINCE JUL 1 4780 4838 -58 4729 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 58 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 100 AM LOWEST 55 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE HASTINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 75 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -10 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2004.........SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 628 PM CST MARCH 4 2004.........SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 629 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE KEARNEY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1931 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 300 PM 78 1992 44 -1 30 MINIMUM 28 800 AM -8 1980 20 8 12 AVERAGE 36 32 4 21 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.71 1993 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.10 -0.06 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.04 0.10 -0.06 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 2.00 1.25 0.75 0.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1993 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 17.5 22.9 -5.4 14.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 33 -4 44 MONTH TO DATE 59 66 -7 77 SINCE MAR 1 59 66 -7 77 SINCE JUL 1 4838 5086 -248 4834 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 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 82 800 PM LOWEST 53 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE KEARNEY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 77 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -21 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2004.........SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 630 PM CST MARCH 4 2004.........SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 631 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$