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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY                               
241 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004

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...THE BOWLING GREEN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 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         86    332 PM  96    1921  79      7       74       
  MINIMUM         70    518 AM  38    1889  57     13       49       
  AVERAGE         78                        68     10       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.00 1984   0.18  -0.18     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.78                      4.00  -0.22     4.77    
  SINCE MAR 1     13.48                     12.96   0.52    12.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.18                     21.26  -2.08    19.37    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  1932   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                       1.2   -1.2       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      3.6                      10.2   -6.6     11.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   41                        86    -45       29       
  SINCE MAR 1    735                       882   -147      653       
  SINCE JUL 1   3919                      4226   -307     3992       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                         5      8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  149                        75     74       77       
  SINCE MAR 1    182                        91     91      116       
  SINCE JAN 1    183                        91     92      116       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90          0300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48          0400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE BOWLING GREEN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        96      1912                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        39      1893                    
                                             1931                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 24 2004...........SUNRISE   531 AM CDT   SUNSET   754 PM CDT   
MAY 25 2004...........SUNRISE   531 AM CDT   SUNSET   755 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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