JAMAICA BEACH WEATHER OBSERVATORY
   MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA SUMMARY
                DEC 1997

 DATE      MAX     MIN     PCPN     SNOW
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 DEC 01     58      51        0        0
 DEC 02     68      54        0        0
 DEC 03     69      54      .63        0
 DEC 04     61      44        0        0
 DEC 05     57      49        0        0
 DEC 06     52      44        0        0
 DEC 07     69      52      .69        0
 DEC 08     69      55      .72        0
 DEC 09     73      59      .01        0
 DEC 10     64      47        0        0
 DEC 11     48      42        0        0
 DEC 12     45      40        T        0
 DEC 13     49      38        0        0
 DEC 14     58      36        0        0
 DEC 15     59      42        0        0
 DEC 16     66      51        0        0
 DEC 17     67      48        0        0
 DEC 18     66      47        0        0
 DEC 19     70      59        0        0
 DEC 20     67      60      .08        0
 DEC 21     66      52      .89        0
 DEC 22     67      54        T        0
 DEC 23     67      56      .60        0
 DEC 24     66      51      .01        0
 DEC 25     60      54        0        0
 DEC 26     57      43      .38        0
 DEC 27     53      38        0        0
 DEC 28     57      41        0        0
 DEC 29     59      39        0        0
 DEC 30     63      42        0        0
 DEC 31     57      49        0        0
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 SUM      1907    1491     4.01      0.0
 AVG      61.5    48.1

          SUMMARY OF THE MONTH 

 TEMPERATURE DATA (DEGREES F):
 HIGHEST...............	73º	DATE: 9
 LOWEST................	36º	DATE: 14
 AVERAGE MAXIMUM.......	61.5º
 AVERAGE MINIMUM.......	48.1º
 AVERAGE MONTHLY.......	54.8º

 DEGREE DAY DATA (BASE 65ºF):
 HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 308
 SEASONAL (BEG JUL 1).. 477
 COOLING DEGREE DAYS... 1
 SEASONAL (BEG JAN 1).. 3174

 PRECIPITATION DATA (INCHES):
 MONTHLY TOTAL......... 4.01
 MAX DAILY TOTAL....... 0.89	DATE: 21
 
 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