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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL                                   
413 AM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

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...THE FORT LAUDERDALE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1839 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         85   1247 PM  94    1995  86     -1       87       
  MINIMUM         77   1159 PM  52    1927  71      6       79       
  AVERAGE         81                        78      3       83      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.20 1920   0.20  -0.20     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.71                      2.91  -2.20     3.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.99                     15.26  -3.27    12.13    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      2                        14    -12        8       
  SINCE JUL 1    116                       167    -51      183       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                        13      3       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  240                       210     30      279       
  SINCE MAR 1    780                       689     91      994       
  SINCE JAN 1   1082                       963    119     1249       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82                                                       
 LOWEST     55                                                       
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE FORT LAUDERDALE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86        94      1985                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        55      1917                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 18 2004...........SUNRISE   633 AM EDT   SUNSET   802 PM EDT   
MAY 19 2004...........SUNRISE   632 AM EDT   SUNSET   802 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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