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CLIAMA


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
434 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 16 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         92    504 PM  98    1956  82     10       96
  MINIMUM         62    708 AM  39    1951  56      6       60
  AVERAGE         77                        69      8       78

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.06 1976   0.06  -0.06      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.10                      1.11  -1.01     1.47
  SINCE SEP 1      0.10                      1.11  -1.01     1.47
  SINCE JAN 1     15.71                     16.15  -0.44    11.60

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                         2     -2        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        19    -19        8
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        19    -19        8
  SINCE JUL 1      4                        21    -17       14

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       12                         6      6       13
  MONTH TO DATE  120                       114      6       78
  SINCE SEP 1    120                       114      6       78
  SINCE JAN 1   1206                      1259    -53     1308
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.9

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4

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

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84           600 AM
 LOWEST     24           600 PM
 AVERAGE    54
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        96      1983
                                             1947
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        40      1965

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
SEPTEMBER 17 2004.....SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   750 PM CDT
SEPTEMBER 18 2004.....SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   749 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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