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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
440 AM CDT SUN OCT 3 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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         68    438 PM  94    1973  77     -9       73
  MINIMUM         41    639 AM  38    1985  51    -10       44
  AVERAGE         55                        64     -9       59

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.62 2002   0.06  -0.06     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.11  -0.11     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      3.80                      1.99   1.81     1.82
  SINCE JAN 1     19.41                     17.03   2.38    11.95

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                       T      0.0      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       10                         4      6        6
  MONTH TO DATE   16                         8      8       16
  SINCE SEP 1     34                        64    -30       48
  SINCE JUL 1     38                        66    -28       54

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6        0
  SINCE SEP 1    175                       179     -4      120
  SINCE JAN 1   1261                      1324    -63     1350
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  98 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0

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

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    96           400 AM
 LOWEST     27           100 PM
 AVERAGE    62
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        99      2000
                                             1925
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        36      1902

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  3 2004.......SUNRISE   743 AM CDT   SUNSET   727 PM CDT
OCTOBER  4 2004.......SUNRISE   744 AM CDT   SUNSET   726 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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