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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX                              
441 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004

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...THE BROWNSVILLE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 2004...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         77    939 AM  95    1967  86     -9       93       
  MINIMUM         70    734 AM  50    1901  70      0       78       
  AVERAGE         74                        78     -4       86      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            1.80          2.69 1884   0.07   1.73     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.42                      0.56   1.86      T      
  SINCE MAR 1      8.90                      3.45   5.45     0.97    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.53                      5.99   5.54     2.21    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      7                        52    -45       37       
  SINCE JUL 1    472                       644   -172      579       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            9                        14     -5       21       
  MONTH TO DATE   60                       103    -43      155       
  SINCE MAR 1    596                       569     27      615       
  SINCE JAN 1    727                       699     28      701       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          M500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     82          M100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    88                                                       
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THE BROWNSVILLE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86        93      2002                    
                                             1990                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        57      1913                    
                                             1984                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  8 2004...........SUNRISE   648 AM CDT   SUNSET   805 PM CDT   
MAY  9 2004...........SUNRISE   647 AM CDT   SUNSET   806 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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