STATION: SANTA MARIA PUB/CAPT G A HANCOCK AP (KSMX), CA
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY. Period of Record: Aug 1996 to Dec 2008
Summaries based on unedited daily ASOS data. Errors may be present.
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TEMPERATURE (F) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Avg Max Temp | 63.1 63.7 66.0 66.7 69.7 71.3 73.3 73.5 74.4 73.0 69.0 64.0 | 69.0
Avg Min Temp | 39.8 41.3 43.2 43.6 47.6 50.8 53.7 54.2 52.7 48.1 44.0 39.1 | 46.5
Avg Temperature | 51.4 52.5 54.6 55.2 58.6 61.0 63.5 63.8 63.5 60.5 56.5 51.5 | 57.7
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 85 87 94 110 93 110 90 96 98 96 96 82 | 110
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Date of Ext-Day | 31 17 12 26 07 20 23 19 05 09 07 05 |
-Year| 2003 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2006 1997 2004 1999 2006 2007 |
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Extreme Min Temp| 23 28 31 31 37 40 47 47 44 34 27 21 | 21
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Date of Ext-Day | 14 08 05 04 14 07 29 30 16 27 13 22 |
-Year| 2007 2001 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2005 1996 1996 2000 1998 |
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Heating Degree Days | 421 353 324 299 205 130 67 53 71 157 264 417 | 2762
Cooling Degree Days | 0 1 1 4 8 10 20 18 28 19 8 0 | 116
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Max Temp >= 90 | 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.6 0.3 0.0 | 4.1
Max Temp >= 75 | 1.7 2.2 4.5 4.0 5.8 5.1 9.9 10.9 11.5 10.3 6.0 2.5 | 74.3
Max Temp <= 32 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
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Min Temp <= 32 | 3.5 1.9 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.2 | 11.9
Min Temp <= 20 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
Min Temp <= 0 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
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Avg Dew Point Temp | 41.8 43.5 45.3 45.6 48.6 51.4 53.9 54.8 53.2 47.6 45.0 40.0 | 47.6
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | 46.5 47.8 49.4 49.7 52.5 54.9 57.0 57.6 56.8 52.8 50.0 45.5 | 51.7
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.13 30.09 30.06 30.04 29.99 29.95 29.96 29.95 29.92 29.99 30.07 30.13 | 30.02
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WEATHER | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Thunderstorms | 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 | 0.9
Heavy Fog | 7.2 3.6 5.0 5.8 6.5 6.2 5.9 7.9 10.7 8.0 7.2 4.4 | 78.4
Fog | 19.2 17.6 18.7 18.5 23.2 23.5 22.8 23.4 21.0 18.5 16.9 14.1 | 237.4
Hail | 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 | 0.5
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PRECIPITATION (In) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Average Monthly | 2.55 3.11 2.07 1.26 0.64 0.02 0.01 0.10 0.12 0.62 1.66 1.81 | 13.99
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Maximum Daily | 2.10 1.92 2.00 2.14 1.74 0.07 0.04 0.95 0.70 1.40 1.52 1.74 | 2.14
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Date of Ext-Day | 23 03 05 17 05 08 22 30 02 29 12 27 |
-Year| 2008 1998 2001 2000 1998 2000 1997 2006 1997 1996 2001 2004 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 11.5 10.5 9.2 7.4 3.5 1.4 1.1 2.0 3.5 6.8 8.6 9.3 | 74.8
>= 0.10 | 5.3 5.9 3.8 2.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.2 2.6 4.0 | 26.5
>= 0.25 | 3.4 3.9 2.2 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.8 2.0 | 16.2
>= 0.50 | 1.5 2.4 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.2 1.0 | 8.9
>= 1.00 | 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.4 | 3.6
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WIND (MPH) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Daily Avg Wind Speed| 5.8 6.6 7.3 7.8 8.1 7.5 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.8 | 6.5
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 17.1 19.5 20.4 21.4 21.0 19.2 16.5 16.3 17.0 18.0 17.9 17.6 | 18.5
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 20.5 23.2 24.0 25.4 25.0 23.0 20.0 19.6 20.3 21.4 21.6 21.3 | 22.1
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Maximum Daily Avg | 21.5 19.4 18.5 18.0 19.1 17.0 15.2 11.5 13.7 14.9 15.0 19.3 | 21.5
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 48 46 36 44 36 36 32 30 32 37 39 41 | 48
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 26 06 17 03 10 05 01 19 15 29 21 07 |
-Year| 2008 1998 2003 1999 2004 1997 1997 1997 1997 1996 2008 2008 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 67 57 44 52 41 45 44 45 43 45 63 63 | 67
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 26 06 17 03 10 06 12 19 29 29 21 07 |
-Year| 2008 1998 2003 1999 2004 2007 2008 2008 2007 1996 2008 2008 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 2.4 4.2 7.1 9.2 7.9 4.3 1.7 1.1 2.4 4.3 4.5 4.8 | 54.1
Peak Gust >=40 | 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.0 | 5.6
Peak Gust >=50 | 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 | 0.7
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 0.6 1.4 2.2 3.2 2.5 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.3 0.6 0.0 | 13.8
Max 2-Minute >=40| 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.3
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Observations of WEATHER may me innacurate due to early ASOS inconsistancies. Average days
with Thunderstorms may be low due to early mis-detection.
Heavy Fog = Visibility less than or equal to 1/4 mile.
Fog = Visibility greater than 1/4 mile or less than 7 miles.
Peak Gust = Maximum 5-second average.
Snowfall data not observed at ASOS stations.
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