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CLIAMA


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
435 AM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

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...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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         78    418 PM  85    1981  67     11       64
                                      1937
  MINIMUM         60    613 AM  15    1917  39     21       47
  AVERAGE         69                        53     16       56

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.54 1996   0.04  -0.04     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.43                      1.38   2.05     0.95
  SINCE SEP 1      7.23                      3.26   3.97     2.77
  SINCE JAN 1     22.84                     18.30   4.54    12.90

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.1   -0.1      0.0
                                      2001
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE NOV 1     11.9                      17.5   -5.6     12.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                        12    -12        9
  MONTH TO DATE  161                       201    -40      117
  SINCE SEP 1    179                       257    -78      149
  SINCE JUL 1    183                       259    -76      155

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        4                         0      4        0
  MONTH TO DATE    6                        26    -20       49
  SINCE SEP 1    181                       199    -18      169
  SINCE JAN 1   1267                      1344    -77     1399
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.7

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  95 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97           600 AM
 LOWEST     46           500 PM
 AVERAGE    72
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THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        90      1950
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        15      1917

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 29 2004.......SUNRISE   806 AM CDT   SUNSET   655 PM CDT
OCTOBER 30 2004.......SUNRISE   807 AM CDT   SUNSET   654 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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