JAMAICA BEACH WEATHER OBSERVATORY
                    1997 ANNUAL SUMMARY
                  

                      TEMPERATURE DATA
                        (DEGREES F)

         ----- AVERAGE -----      -------- EXTREME --------                  
         MAX	 MIN	MEAN      MAX   DATE     MIN   DATE
 ---------------------------------------------------------- 	
 JAN	58.0	46.5	52.3	  74º    24      32º	12
 FEB    62.1	52.4	57.3      75º    21	 44º	14+
 MAR    70.7    61.6    66.2      79º    29      50º    20
 
 APR    71.4    60.9    66.2      80º    23+     48º    12
 MAY    80.5    70.9    75.7      86º    27      62º    10    
 JUN    86.9    77.2    82.1      89º    30+     70º    17+
 
 JUL    91.4    80.7    86.1      94º    27+     75º    14
 AUG    91.4    80.7    86.1      96º     5      75º    23
 SEP    87.8    76.8    82.3      93º     2      66º    26 
 
 OCT    78.0    67.8    72.9      88º     1      46º    27
 NOV    66.9    54.9    60.9      82º     1      40º    15 
 DEC    61.5    48.1    54.8      73º     9      36º    14 
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 YEAR   75.6    64.9    70.2      96º     5      32º    12
                                        AUG            JAN
 
 
                     PRECIPITATION DATA
                          (INCHES)

        ----- RAINFALL ------    --- SNOW, SLEET & HAIL --- 
        
        MONTH    DAILY           MONTH   DAILY         MAX
        TOTAL	  MAX	 DATE	 TOTAL	  MAX   DATE  DEPTH
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 JAN	 4.76	  1.96	  27	    T       T    13+	 0
 FEB	 2.67	  1.15	  12      0.0     0.0            0
 MAR    11.07     3.17    25        T       T    25      0

 APR     6.70     2.92    25        T       T    25      0
 MAY     3.93     1.47    22      0.0     0.0            0
 JUN     3.17     1.45    18      0.0     0.0            0

 JUL     0.85     0.45    30      0.0     0.0            0
 AUG     0.79     0.62    23      0.0     0.0            0
 SEP     6.91     2.46    23+     0.0     0.0            0

 OCT     5.10     1.70    11      0.0     0.0            0
 NOV     3.74     2.01     5      0.0     0.0            0
 DEC     4.01     0.89    21      0.0     0.0            0
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 YEAR   53.70     3.17    25        T       T    25+     0
                         MAR                    APR

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