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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
435 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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         73    341 PM  99    2000  77     -4       78
                                      1925
  MINIMUM         49    218 AM  36    1902  50     -1       49
  AVERAGE         61                        63     -2       64

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.50 1984   0.06  -0.06     0.01
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.17  -0.17     0.01
  SINCE SEP 1      3.80                      2.05   1.75     1.83
  SINCE JAN 1     19.41                     17.09   2.32    11.96

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        4                         4      0        1
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        12      8       17
  SINCE SEP 1     38                        68    -30       49
  SINCE JUL 1     42                        70    -28       55

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         8     -8        0
  SINCE SEP 1    175                       181     -6      120
  SINCE JAN 1   1261                      1326    -65     1350
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.4

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  96 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4

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

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           700 AM
 LOWEST     61           100 PM
 AVERAGE    77
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        95      1954
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        34      1902

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  4 2004.......SUNRISE   744 AM CDT   SUNSET   726 PM CDT
OCTOBER  5 2004.......SUNRISE   745 AM CDT   SUNSET   724 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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