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Friday, May 11, 2012

	Actual	Average	Record
Temperature
Mean Temperature	53 °F	55 °F
Max Temperature	63 °F	66 °F	91 °F (1900)
Min Temperature	42 °F	43 °F	19 °F (1946)
Degree Days
Heating Degree Days	12	11
Month to date heating degree days	80	136
Since 1 July heating degree days	6760	8287
Cooling Degree Days	0	0
Month to date cooling degree days	3	0
Year to date cooling degree days	8	2
Growing Degree Days	7 (Base 50)
Moisture
Dew Point	37 °F
Average Humidity	54
Maximum Humidity	77
Minimum Humidity	30
Precipitation
Precipitation	0.00 in	0.08 in	1.00 in (1922)
Month to date precipitation	1.65	0.89
Year to date precipitation	6.36	5.10
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Level Pressure	30.10 in
Wind
Wind Speed	15 mph (NNW)
Max Wind Speed	36 mph
Max Gust Speed	46 mph
Visibility	10 miles
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T = Trace of Precipitation, MM = Missing Value

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May. 24, 2013	Rise	Set
Actual Time	6:03 AM CDT	8:46 PM CDT
Civil Twilight	5:30 AM CDT	9:20 PM CDT
Nautical Twilight	4:47 AM CDT	10:03 PM CDT
Astronomical Twilight	3:58 AM CDT	10:52 PM CDT
Moon	1:25 AM CDT (5/11)	11:40 AM CDT (5/11)
Length Of Visible Light	15h 50m
Length of Day	14h 42m

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Hourly Observations

Time (CDT)	Temp.	Dew Point	Humidity	Pressure	Visibility	Wind Dir	Wind Speed	Gust Speed	Precip	Conditions
12:53 AM	68.0 °F	48.9 °F	50%	29.69 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Clear
1:53 AM	54.0 °F	45.0 °F	72%	29.76 in	10.0 mi	North	24.2 mph	35.7 mph	N/A	Clear
2:53 AM	52.0 °F	42.1 °F	69%	29.82 in	10.0 mi	North	27.6 mph	35.7 mph	N/A	Clear
3:53 AM	52.0 °F	43.0 °F	71%	29.88 in	10.0 mi	NNW	27.6 mph	39.1 mph	N/A	Overcast
4:53 AM	51.1 °F	43.0 °F	74%	29.92 in	10.0 mi	NNW	25.3 mph	34.5 mph	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
5:53 AM	48.0 °F	41.0 °F	77%	29.96 in	10.0 mi	NNW	20.7 mph	26.5 mph	N/A	Clear
6:53 AM	46.9 °F	39.9 °F	77%	29.97 in	10.0 mi	North	17.3 mph	25.3 mph	N/A	Clear
7:53 AM	48.9 °F	41.0 °F	74%	30.02 in	10.0 mi	North	23.0 mph	28.8 mph	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
8:53 AM	51.1 °F	41.0 °F	68%	30.06 in	10.0 mi	NNW	20.7 mph	27.6 mph	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
9:53 AM	51.1 °F	39.0 °F	63%	30.08 in	10.0 mi	North	23.0 mph	28.8 mph	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
10:25 AM	51.8 °F	37.4 °F	58%	30.11 in	10.0 mi	North	23.0 mph	28.8 mph	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
10:33 AM	53.6 °F	39.2 °F	58%	30.11 in	10.0 mi	North	20.7 mph	29.9 mph	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
10:53 AM	52.0 °F	39.0 °F	61%	30.13 in	10.0 mi	NNW	19.6 mph	27.6 mph	N/A	Scattered Clouds
11:53 AM	53.1 °F	37.0 °F	55%	30.17 in	10.0 mi	NNW	17.3 mph	26.5 mph	N/A	Scattered Clouds
12:53 PM	52.0 °F	37.0 °F	57%	30.18 in	10.0 mi	NNW	16.1 mph	23.0 mph	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
1:53 PM	53.1 °F	37.0 °F	55%	30.21 in	10.0 mi	NNW	16.1 mph	-	N/A	Scattered Clouds
2:53 PM	54.0 °F	35.1 °F	49%	30.22 in	10.0 mi	North	18.4 mph	24.2 mph	N/A	Clear
3:53 PM	57.0 °F	34.0 °F	42%	30.23 in	10.0 mi	North	12.7 mph	23.0 mph	N/A	Clear
4:53 PM	57.9 °F	30.9 °F	36%	30.22 in	10.0 mi	North	13.8 mph	-	N/A	Partly Cloudy
5:53 PM	57.9 °F	28.0 °F	32%	30.22 in	10.0 mi	NW	13.8 mph	21.9 mph	N/A	Clear
6:53 PM	57.0 °F	27.0 °F	32%	30.23 in	10.0 mi	North	8.1 mph	-	N/A	Clear
7:53 PM	54.0 °F	35.1 °F	49%	30.23 in	10.0 mi	North	6.9 mph	-	N/A	Clear
8:53 PM	51.1 °F	32.0 °F	48%	30.25 in	10.0 mi	North	9.2 mph	-	N/A	Clear
9:53 PM	50.0 °F	32.0 °F	50%	30.27 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Clear
10:53 PM	48.9 °F	34.0 °F	56%	30.30 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Clear
11:53 PM	46.9 °F	33.1 °F	59%	30.31 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Clear
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