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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
427 AM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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    305 PM  95    1954  76     -3       65
  MINIMUM         53    621 AM  34    1902  50      3       56
  AVERAGE         63                        63      0       61

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.07          0.57 1984   0.06   0.01     0.03
  MONTH TO DATE    0.07                      0.23  -0.16     0.04
  SINCE SEP 1      3.87                      2.11   1.76     1.86
  SINCE JAN 1     19.48                     17.15   2.33    11.99

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        2                         4     -2        4
  MONTH TO DATE   22                        16      6       21
  SINCE SEP 1     40                        72    -32       53
  SINCE JUL 1     44                        74    -30       59

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        10    -10        0
  SINCE SEP 1    175                       183     -8      120
  SINCE JAN 1   1261                      1328    -67     1350
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.3

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  94 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           300 AM
 LOWEST     49           200 PM
 AVERAGE    75
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        92      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        35      1985

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  5 2004.......SUNRISE   745 AM CDT   SUNSET   724 PM CDT
OCTOBER  6 2004.......SUNRISE   746 AM CDT   SUNSET   723 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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