000 CDUS44 KAMA 171044 CLIAMA TTAA00 KAMA 171041 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 441 AM CST FRI DEC 17 2004 ................................... ...THE AMARILLO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM NORMAL ............................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 51 311 PM 73 1939 49 2 MINIMUM 30 1054 PM -5 1987 24 6 AVERAGE 41 37 4 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.90 1959 0.02 -0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.30 0.31 -0.01 SINCE DEC 1 0.30 0.31 -0.01 SINCE JAN 1 27.20 19.41 7.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.1 -0.1 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.6 -1.6 SINCE NOV 1 13.8 4.0 9.8 SINCE JUL 1 13.8 4.4 9.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 -5 MONTH TO DATE 377 -54 SINCE DEC 1 377 -54 SINCE JUL 1 1243 -79 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1267 -77 ............................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 LOWEST 42 AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE AMARILLO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 77 1980 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 2 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 17 2004......SUNRISE 750 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST DECEMBER 18 2004......SUNRISE 750 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$