873 CDUS42 KCAE 170555 CLIAGS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 154 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1873 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 84 238 PM 96 1944 84 0 88 MINIMUM 63 1159 PM 44 1997 57 6 55 1981 1973 AVERAGE 74 71 3 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.59 1968 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 1.55 1.44 0.11 0.77 SINCE MAR 1 8.94 8.99 -0.05 5.60 SINCE JAN 1 15.97 17.60 -1.63 11.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 T 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 1.4 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 21 -15 4 SINCE MAR 1 411 451 -40 332 SINCE JUL 1 2157 2524 -367 2164 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 6 3 7 MONTH TO DATE 89 75 14 98 SINCE MAR 1 145 142 3 187 SINCE JAN 1 147 145 2 195 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 55 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 98 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 41 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 626 AM EDT SUNSET 823 PM EDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 625 AM EDT SUNSET 824 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$