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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX                              
133 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012


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...THE MCALLEN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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         94    155 PM  99    2009  90      4       92       
  MINIMUM         76    626 AM  50    1944  70      6       66       
                                      1970                          
  AVERAGE         85                        80      5               
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.46 1987   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.41  -0.41      T      
  SINCE MAR 1      6.59                      2.78   3.81     0.31    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.07                      4.94   5.13     1.32    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     24                        46    -22        4       
  SINCE JUL 1    403                       579   -176      507       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       20                        15      5       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  114                        87     27       65       
  SINCE MAR 1    881                       659    222      925       
  SINCE JAN 1   1131                       818    313     1160       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.5                                         


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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87                                                       
 LOWEST     49                                                       
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE MCALLEN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   90       100      1971                    
                                             1998                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        54      1944                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  7 2012...........SUNRISE   651 AM CDT   SUNSET   808 PM CDT   
MAY  8 2012...........SUNRISE   650 AM CDT   SUNSET   809 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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