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CLIAMA


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
426 AM CDT MON AUG 30 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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    416 PM 100    1990  86      0       80
                                      1959
  MINIMUM         59    337 AM  49    1917  62     -3       66
  AVERAGE         73                        74     -1       73

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.57 1973   0.09  -0.09     0.24
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      2.78  -1.96     0.51
  SINCE JUN 1      9.21                      8.74   0.47     7.02
  SINCE JAN 1     15.58                     14.88   0.70     9.84

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        8                         9     -1        8
  MONTH TO DATE  260                       327    -67      456
  SINCE JUN 1    862                      1017   -155     1094
  SINCE JAN 1   1075                      1127    -52     1230
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.7

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  95 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           700 AM
 LOWEST     35           300 PM
 AVERAGE    63
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86        99      1939
                                             1922
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        48      1915

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 30 2004........SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   816 PM CDT
AUGUST 31 2004........SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   814 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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