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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX                      
540 PM CST FRI DEC 17 2004

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...THE DEL RIO  CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 17 2004...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1906 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         60    414 PM  81    1916  63     -3       65       
  MINIMUM         37    505 AM  24    1932  41     -4       26       
  AVERAGE         49                        52     -3       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.14 1987   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      0.47  -0.07     0.04    
  SINCE JAN 1     30.98                     18.52  12.46    23.99    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE DEC 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           16                        13      3       19       
  MONTH TO DATE  205                       193     12      175       
  SINCE DEC 1    205                       193     12      175       
  SINCE JUL 1    392                       402    -10      361       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE JAN 1   3176                      3226    -50     3405       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.1                                         
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE DEL RIO  CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        80      1955                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        24      1996                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 17 2004......SUNRISE   732 AM CST   SUNSET   548 PM CST   
DECEMBER 18 2004......SUNRISE   733 AM CST   SUNSET   549 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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