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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

	Actual	Average	Record
Temperature
Mean Temperature	76 °F	68 °F
Max Temperature	92 °F	86 °F	100 °F (1958)
Min Temperature	59 °F	51 °F	40 °F (1985)
Degree Days
Heating Degree Days	0	1
Month to date heating degree days	0	14
Since 1 June heating degree days	120	133
Since 1 July heating degree days	8	35
Cooling Degree Days	11	4
Month to date cooling degree days	230	126
Year to date cooling degree days	609	406
Since 1 June cooling degree days	585	386
Growing Degree Days	28 (Base 50)
Moisture
Dew Point	48 °F
Average Humidity	42
Maximum Humidity	67
Minimum Humidity	17
Precipitation
Precipitation	T in	0.01 in	1.64 in (1990)
Month to date precipitation	T	0.16
Year to date precipitation	5.48	4.67
Snow
Snow	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in (2002)
Month to date snowfall	0.0	0.0
Year to date snowfall	21.5	8.6
Since 1 July snowfall	0.0	0.0
Snow Depth	0.00 in
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Level Pressure	29.84 in
Wind
Wind Speed	6 mph (West)
Max Wind Speed	21 mph
Max Gust Speed	30 mph
Visibility	10 miles
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T = Trace of Precipitation, MM = Missing Value

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May. 20, 2013	Rise	Set
Actual Time	6:08 AM PDT	8:00 PM PDT
Civil Twilight	5:36 AM PDT	8:32 PM PDT
Nautical Twilight	4:56 AM PDT	9:12 PM PDT
Astronomical Twilight	4:13 AM PDT	9:55 PM PDT
Moon	11:07 AM PDT (8/21)	9:40 PM PDT (8/21)
Length Of Visible Light	14h 56m
Length of Day	13h 51m

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Time (PDT)	Temp.	Dew Point	Humidity	Pressure	Visibility	Wind Dir	Wind Speed	Gust Speed	Precip	Conditions
12:53 AM	69.1 °F	51.1 °F	53%	29.84 in	10.0 mi	West	8.1 mph	-	N/A	Clear
1:53 AM	66.0 °F	51.1 °F	59%	29.83 in	10.0 mi	West	5.8 mph	-	N/A	Clear
2:53 AM	64.0 °F	51.1 °F	63%	29.85 in	10.0 mi	West	6.9 mph	-	N/A	Clear
3:53 AM	62.1 °F	51.1 °F	67%	29.85 in	10.0 mi	West	6.9 mph	-	N/A	Unknown
4:53 AM	66.0 °F	50.0 °F	56%	29.86 in	10.0 mi	SW	5.8 mph	-	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
5:53 AM	66.9 °F	50.0 °F	54%	29.84 in	10.0 mi	WSW	6.9 mph	-	0.00 in	Mostly Cloudy
6:53 AM	70.0 °F	48.9 °F	47%	29.82 in	10.0 mi	NW	9.2 mph	-	0.00 in	Scattered Clouds
7:53 AM	70.0 °F	48.0 °F	46%	29.87 in	10.0 mi	WNW	3.5 mph	-	N/A	Scattered Clouds
8:53 AM	70.0 °F	51.1 °F	51%	29.88 in	10.0 mi	WSW	3.5 mph	-	N/A	Scattered Clouds
9:53 AM	71.1 °F	52.0 °F	51%	29.87 in	10.0 mi	West	4.6 mph	-	N/A	Clear
10:53 AM	77.0 °F	51.1 °F	40%	29.87 in	10.0 mi	SW	4.6 mph	-	N/A	Scattered Clouds
11:53 AM	82.0 °F	48.9 °F	31%	29.85 in	10.0 mi	SSE	4.6 mph	-	N/A	Clear
12:53 PM	86.0 °F	45.0 °F	24%	29.83 in	10.0 mi	SE	4.6 mph	-	N/A	Clear
1:53 PM	88.0 °F	44.1 °F	22%	29.81 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Clear
2:53 PM	90.0 °F	44.1 °F	20%	29.79 in	10.0 mi	Variable	5.8 mph	-	N/A	Scattered Clouds
3:53 PM	91.0 °F	45.0 °F	20%	29.78 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Scattered Clouds
4:53 PM	88.0 °F	45.0 °F	22%	29.78 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Scattered Clouds
5:53 PM	90.0 °F	39.9 °F	17%	29.77 in	10.0 mi	West	12.7 mph	17.3 mph	N/A	Scattered Clouds
6:53 PM	82.9 °F	48.0 °F	29%	29.80 in	10.0 mi	WNW	11.5 mph	-	N/A	Partly Cloudy
7:53 PM	73.9 °F	46.0 °F	37%	29.84 in	10.0 mi	WNW	12.7 mph	24.2 mph	N/A	Partly Cloudy
8:53 PM	68.0 °F	46.0 °F	45%	29.88 in	10.0 mi	NNE	5.8 mph	-	N/A	Clear
9:53 PM	66.0 °F	46.0 °F	48%	29.90 in	10.0 mi	NNW	9.2 mph	-	N/A	Clear
10:53 PM	64.9 °F	45.0 °F	48%	29.90 in	10.0 mi	North	6.9 mph	-	N/A	Clear
11:53 PM	64.9 °F	44.1 °F	47%	29.90 in	10.0 mi	NW	8.1 mph	-	N/A	Clear
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