JAMAICA BEACH WEATHER OBSERVATORY
                    1993 ANNUAL SUMMARY
                  

                      TEMPERATURE DATA
                        (DEGREES F)

         ----- AVERAGE -----      -------- EXTREME --------                  
         MAX	 MIN	MEAN      MAX   DATE     MIN   DATE
 ---------------------------------------------------------- 	
 JAN	61.2	50.5	55.9	  72º    23      40º	26
 FEB    63.0	52.9	58.0      78º    21	 42º	18
 MAR    67.3    56.8    62.1      75º    31+     37º    13
 
 APR    72.3    61.7    67.0      78º    25+     49º    15
 MAY    79.7    69.1    74.4      87º    31      61º     3+    
 JUN    86.2    77.7    82.0      90º    15      71º     1
 
 JUL    90.0    81.5    85.8      92º    30      79º     6
 AUG    90.8    81.1    86.0      94º     2      77º    28+
 SEP    86.9    76.3    81.6      92º     9+     62º    15 
 
 OCT    77.5    66.4    72.0      87º     9      37º    31
 NOV    65.9    53.6    59.8      77º    14      34º    27 
 DEC    63.2    52.2    57.7      77º    10      35º    23 
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 YEAR   75.3    65.0    70.2      94º     2      34º    14
                                        AUG            NOV
 
 
                     PRECIPITATION DATA
                          (INCHES)

        ----- RAINFALL ------    --- SNOW, SLEET & HAIL --- 
        
        MONTH    DAILY           MONTH   DAILY         MAX
        TOTAL	  MAX	 DATE	 TOTAL	  MAX   DATE  DEPTH
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 JAN	 7.62	  3.04	  20	    T       T    25 	 0
 FEB	 4.32	  2.22	  10      0.0     0.0            0
 MAR     6.86     2.15    16        T       T    16      0

 APR     5.79     2.12     7      0.0     0.0            0
 MAY     2.77     0.83    23      0.0     0.0            0
 JUN     3.83     1.09    19      0.0     0.0            0

 JUL     0.23     0.08    27      0.0     0.0            0
 AUG     1.37     0.64    28      0.0     0.0            0
 SEP     3.22     2.38    14      0.0     0.0            0

 OCT     7.98     3.00    20      0.0     0.0            0
 NOV     3.86     1.26     8      0.0     0.0            0
 DEC     2.63     1.04    28      0.0     0.0            0
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 YEAR   50.48     3.04    20        T       T    16+     0
                         JAN                    MAR

 SYMBOLS USED:
 +   ALSO OCCURRED ON EARLIER DATE(S)
 T   TRACE: AN AMOUNT TOO SMALL TO MEASURE