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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD, CA                      
242 AM PDT SUN APR 18 2004

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...THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2004...

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)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         62    201 PM  89    1938  68     -6       64       
  MINIMUM         40    550 AM  33    1976  43     -3       49       
  AVERAGE         51                        56     -5       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.14 2000   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.68  -0.68     0.89    
  SINCE JUL 1      8.75                     13.41  -4.66    11.09    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.63                      9.49  -3.86     4.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  1996   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                        10      4                
  MONTH TO DATE  174                       170      4                
  SINCE MAR 1    379                       503   -124                
  SINCE JUL 1   2286                      2297    -11                
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0                
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0                
  SINCE MAR 1      2                         0      2                
  SINCE JAN 1      2                         0      2                
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     46          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE SANTA MARIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        92      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        31      1979                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 18 2004.........SUNRISE   625 AM PDT   SUNSET   737 PM PDT   
APRIL 19 2004.........SUNRISE   624 AM PDT   SUNSET   738 PM PDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
*  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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