000 CDUS41 KLWX 240533 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 131 AM EDT SUN OCT 24 2004 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 59 402 PM 85 1978 65 -6 52 MINIMUM 43 640 AM 33 1969 47 -4 41 AVERAGE 51 56 -5 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.31 1878 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.58 2.42 -0.84 1.26 SINCE SEP 1 5.57 6.21 -0.64 8.13 SINCE JAN 1 34.78 32.47 2.31 49.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1889 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 8 6 18 MONTH TO DATE 151 126 25 147 SINCE SEP 1 158 145 13 160 SINCE JUL 1 158 152 6 160 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 28 -24 8 SINCE SEP 1 217 228 -11 191 SINCE JAN 1 1545 1527 18 1280 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 300 AM LOWEST 47 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 84 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 29 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2004.......SUNRISE 727 AM EDT SUNSET 617 PM EDT OCTOBER 25 2004.......SUNRISE 728 AM EDT SUNSET 616 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$