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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
431 AM CDT SUN OCT 24 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         66    423 PM  90    2003  69     -3       90
  MINIMUM         38    644 AM  23    1906  42     -4       52
  AVERAGE         52                        55     -3       71

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.21 1974   0.05  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.25                      1.18   2.07     0.95
  SINCE SEP 1      7.05                      3.06   3.99     2.77
  SINCE JAN 1     22.66                     18.10   4.56    12.90

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   T      0.0      0.0
431 AM CDT SUN OCT 24 2004
  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       13                        10      3        0
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       146     -9       56
  SINCE SEP 1    155                       202    -47       88
  SINCE JUL 1    159                       204    -45       94

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        6
  MONTH TO DATE    2                        26    -24       49
  SINCE SEP 1    177                       199    -22      169
  SINCE JAN 1   1263                      1344    -81     1399
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.8

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0

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

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    64           700 AM
 LOWEST     24           400 PM
 AVERAGE    44
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        88      1927
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        26      1980

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 24 2004.......SUNRISE   801 AM CDT   SUNSET   700 PM CDT
OCTOBER 25 2004.......SUNRISE   802 AM CDT   SUNSET   659 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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