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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX                              
125 AM CST MON JAN 3 2011


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...THE MCALLEN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2011...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2011


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         72    312 PM  88    2000  70      2       70       
                                      2006                          
  MINIMUM         47    820 AM  30    1962  50     -3       42       
                                      1979                          
  AVERAGE         60                        60      0               
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.18 1973   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.09                      1.29  -1.20     5.01    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.00                      0.08  -0.08     0.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE DEC 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         7     -2        9       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                        14     -8       20       
  SINCE DEC 1    117                       194    -77      244       
  SINCE JUL 1    150                       269   -119      253       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE DEC 1    118                        78     40       34       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         4     -4        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8                                         


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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    66                                                       
 LOWEST     35                                                       
 AVERAGE    51                                                       

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THE MCALLEN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        89      1982                    
                                             1997                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        24      1979                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  3 2011.......SUNRISE   721 AM CST   SUNSET   554 PM CST   
JANUARY  4 2011.......SUNRISE   721 AM CST   SUNSET   555 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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