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CLIAMA


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
433 AM CDT WED AUG 18 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         84    400 PM 102    1909  89     -5       94
                                      1994
  MINIMUM         57    622 AM  56    1950  64     -7       66
  AVERAGE         71                        76     -5       80

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.65 1904   0.10  -0.10     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.76                      1.66  -0.90     0.27
  SINCE JUN 1      9.15                      7.62   1.53     6.78
  SINCE JAN 1     15.52                     13.76   1.76     9.60

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE NOV 1     11.9                      17.4   -5.5     12.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JUN 1      4                         8     -4       13
  SINCE JUL 1      4                         1      3        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        6                        11     -5       15
  MONTH TO DATE  155                       205    -50      271
  SINCE JUN 1    757                       895   -138      909
  SINCE JAN 1    970                      1005    -35     1045
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.5

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  98 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84          1200 AM
 LOWEST     39           400 PM
 AVERAGE    62
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   89       104      1994
                                             1909
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        56      1950
                                             1981

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 18 2004........SUNRISE   709 AM CDT   SUNSET   831 PM CDT
AUGUST 19 2004........SUNRISE   710 AM CDT   SUNSET   830 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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