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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX                                 
433 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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    408 PM  89    1943  71      4       88       
  MINIMUM         55   1022 PM  28    1948  44     11       48       
  AVERAGE         65                        58      7       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.40 1983   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.25                      0.93   2.32     0.95    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.05                      2.81   4.24     2.77    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.66                     17.85   4.81    12.90    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   T      0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      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                         8     -8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  119                       101     18       56       
  SINCE SEP 1    137                       157    -20       88       
  SINCE JUL 1    141                       159    -18       94       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        3       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        26    -26       24       
  SINCE SEP 1    175                       199    -24      144       
  SINCE JAN 1   1261                      1344    -83     1374       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.0                                         
                                                                     
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    51           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     23           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    37                                                       
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        90      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        25      1989                    
                                             1976                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 19 2004.......SUNRISE   757 AM CDT   SUNSET   706 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 20 2004.......SUNRISE   758 AM CDT   SUNSET   705 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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