680 CDUS44 KAMA 080932 CLIAMA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 430 AM CDT THU APR 8 2004 ................................... ...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 65 409 PM 89 1978 68 -3 55 MINIMUM 47 351 AM 20 1938 39 8 26 AVERAGE 56 54 2 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.88 1959 0.04 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.14 0.28 0.86 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 2.64 1.41 1.23 0.88 SINCE JAN 1 4.76 2.59 2.17 1.08 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.0 SINCE NOV 1 10.7 17.3 -6.1 12.0 SINCE JUL 1 11.2 17.7 -6.5 12.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 12 -3 24 MONTH TO DATE 79 88 -9 63 SINCE MAR 1 474 630 -156 582 SINCE JUL 1 3497 4014 -517 4054 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 2 SINCE MAR 1 12 2 10 2 SINCE JAN 1 12 2 10 2 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 92 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 52 300 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 89 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 20 1938 1914 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2004.........SUNRISE 724 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT APRIL 9 2004.........SUNRISE 723 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$