JAMAICA BEACH WEATHER OBSERVATORY
   MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA SUMMARY
                AUG 1997

 DATE      MAX     MIN     PCPN     SNOW
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 AUG 01     90      80        0        0
 AUG 02     90      78        0        0
 AUG 03     90      82        0        0
 AUG 04     91      80        0        0
 AUG 05     96      80        0        0
 AUG 06     93      81        0        0
 AUG 07     92      77      .04        0
 AUG 08     91      79        T        0
 AUG 09     91      83        0        0
 AUG 10     93      83        0        0
 AUG 11     92      83        0        0
 AUG 12     93      83        0        0
 AUG 13     92      82        0        0
 AUG 14     91      83        0        0
 AUG 15     93      83      .02        0
 AUG 16     92      84        0        0
 AUG 17     92      84        0        0
 AUG 18     93      83        0        0
 AUG 19     93      83        0        0
 AUG 20     93      83        0        0
 AUG 21     94      82        0        0
 AUG 22     93      79        0        0
 AUG 23     86      75      .62        0
 AUG 24     88      78        0        0
 AUG 25     89      78        0        0
 AUG 26     89      77        0        0
 AUG 27     90      80      .11        0
 AUG 28     91      80        0        0
 AUG 29     90      80        0        0
 AUG 30     90      80        0        0
 AUG 31     91      80        0        0
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 SUM      2832    2503     0.79      0.0
 AVG      91.4    80.7

          SUMMARY OF THE MONTH 

 TEMPERATURE DATA (DEGREES F):
 HIGHEST...............	96º	DATE: 5
 LOWEST................	75º	DATE: 23
 AVERAGE MAXIMUM.......	91.4º
 AVERAGE MINIMUM.......	80.7º
 AVERAGE MONTHLY.......	86.1º

 DEGREE DAY DATA (BASE 65ºF):
 HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0
 SEASONAL (BEG JUL 1).. 0
 COOLING DEGREE DAYS... 656
 SEASONAL (BEG JAN 1).. 2346

 PRECIPITATION DATA (INCHES):
 MONTHLY TOTAL......... 0.79
 MAX DAILY TOTAL....... 0.62	DATE: 23
 
 SNOW, ICE PELLETS AND HAIL (INCHES):
 MONTHLY TOTAL......... 0.0
 MAX DAILY TOTAL....... 0.0	DATE:  
 MAX GROUND DEPTH...... 0	DATE: 

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