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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
126 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012


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...THE MCALLEN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2012


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         91    319 PM  96    1952  78     13       88
  MINIMUM         70    755 AM  40    1960  57     13       65
                                      1984
  AVERAGE         81                        67     14

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.36 1972   0.04  -0.04      T
  MONTH TO DATE    3.27                      1.11   2.16      T
  SINCE DEC 1      5.75                      3.35   2.40     1.10
  SINCE JAN 1      3.48                      2.16   1.32     1.01

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0
  SINCE DEC 1      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0
  MONTH TO DATE   99                       108     -9      203
  SINCE DEC 1    347                       475   -128      470
  SINCE JUL 1    379                       535   -156      503

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       16                         5     11       12
  MONTH TO DATE  138                       102     36      186
  SINCE DEC 1    324                       247     77      353
  SINCE JAN 1    250                       164     86      235
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.8



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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90
 LOWEST     46
 AVERAGE    68

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THE MCALLEN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        94      1953
                                             1997
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        38      1960
                                             1962


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MARCH  1 2012.........SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   635 PM CST
MARCH  2 2012.........SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   635 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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