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CLIAMA


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
435 AM CDT WED OCT 13 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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         70    516 PM  91    1989  74     -4       72
                                      1975
  MINIMUM         46    711 AM  29    1986  46      0       40
                                      1909
  AVERAGE         58                        60     -2       56

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.95 1957   0.05  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.15                      0.63   2.52     0.95
  SINCE SEP 1      6.95                      2.51   4.44     2.77
  SINCE JAN 1     22.56                     17.55   5.01    12.90

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        7                         6      1        9
  MONTH TO DATE   63                        58      5       38
  SINCE SEP 1     81                       114    -33       70
  SINCE JUL 1     85                       116    -31       76

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        22    -22       19
  SINCE SEP 1    175                       195    -20      139
  SINCE JAN 1   1261                      1340    -79     1369
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.6

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3

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

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM
 LOWEST     40           400 PM
 AVERAGE    67
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        93      1968
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        27      1986

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 13 2004.......SUNRISE   752 AM CDT   SUNSET   714 PM CDT
OCTOBER 14 2004.......SUNRISE   752 AM CDT   SUNSET   712 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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