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CDUS44 KAMA 190945
CLIAMA


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
443 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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         86    440 PM 104    1994  89     -3       97
                                      1909
  MINIMUM         62    630 AM  56    1950  64     -2       72
                                      1981
  AVERAGE         74                        76     -2       85

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.33 1961   0.10  -0.10     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.76                      1.76  -1.00     0.27
  SINCE JUN 1      9.15                      7.72   1.43     6.78
  SINCE JAN 1     15.52                     13.86   1.66     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
  SNOW DEPTH       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        9                        11     -2       20
  MONTH TO DATE  164                       216    -52      291
  SINCE JUN 1    766                       906   -140      929
  SINCE JAN 1    979                      1016    -37     1065
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.5

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  97 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2

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

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84           400 AM
 LOWEST     40           300 PM
 AVERAGE    62
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   88       102      1938
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        53      1956

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 19 2004........SUNRISE   710 AM CDT   SUNSET   830 PM CDT
AUGUST 20 2004........SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   829 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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