200  
CDUS44 KHUN 060701  
CLIMSL  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL  
200 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2008  
 
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..THE MUSCLE SHOALS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 2008  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 85 303 PM 99 1925 78 7 89  
MINIMUM 50 609 AM 36 1987 54 -4 72  
AVERAGE 68 66 2 81  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.90 1929 0.11 -0.11 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.57 -0.57 0.00  
SINCE SEP 1 0.86 4.87 -4.01 3.72  
SINCE JAN 1 28.77 42.62 -13.85 26.59  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0  
MONTH TO DATE 10 14 -4 0  
SINCE SEP 1 10 32 -22 0  
SINCE JUL 1 10 32 -22 0  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 3 4 -1 16  
MONTH TO DATE 3 21 -18 42  
SINCE SEP 1 255 276 -21 368  
SINCE JAN 1 1807 1738 69 2254    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 89 400 AM  
LOWEST 32 1200 PM  
AVERAGE 61  
 
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THE MUSCLE SHOALS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 94 1938  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 37 1985  
1921  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 627 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 7 2008.......SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 626 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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