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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX                                 
429 AM CDT FRI OCT 8 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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         75    357 PM  94    1979  75      0       78       
  MINIMUM         55    823 AM  29    1952  48      7       59       
  AVERAGE         65                        62      3       69      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.70          0.84 1978   0.05   0.65     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.64                      0.38   2.26     0.04    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.44                      2.26   4.18     1.86    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.05                     17.30   4.75    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        0                         5     -5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   34                        30      4       21       
  SINCE SEP 1     52                        86    -34       53       
  SINCE JUL 1     56                        88    -32       59       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        4       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        16    -16        7       
  SINCE SEP 1    175                       189    -14      127       
  SINCE JAN 1   1261                      1334    -73     1357       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  95 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        95      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        26      1976                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  8 2004.......SUNRISE   747 AM CDT   SUNSET   720 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  9 2004.......SUNRISE   748 AM CDT   SUNSET   719 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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