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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
728 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008


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...THE SALEM CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 2008...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0700 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         58    320 PM  91    1997  67     -9       69
  MINIMUM         43    206 AM  28    1985  43      0       42
  AVERAGE         51                        55     -4       56

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          0.91 1937   0.07  -0.07     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      0.82  -0.80     1.02
  SINCE OCT 1     32.00                     34.56  -2.56    38.06
  SINCE JAN 1     15.76                     18.68  -2.92    14.91

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           14                        11      3        9
  MONTH TO DATE  140                       128     12      121
  SINCE MAR 1   1354                      1154    200     1058
  SINCE JUL 1   4791                      4470    321     4295

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0
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 WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM
 LOWEST     47           200 PM
 AVERAGE    70

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THE SALEM CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        88      1949
                                             1897
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        30      1985


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 11 2008...........SUNRISE   547 AM PDT   SUNSET   830 PM PDT
MAY 12 2008...........SUNRISE   546 AM PDT   SUNSET   831 PM PDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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