JAMAICA BEACH WEATHER OBSERVATORY
   MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA SUMMARY
                MAY 1997

 DATE      MAX     MIN     PCPN     SNOW
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 MAY 01     79      70        0        0
 MAY 02     80      72        T        0
 MAY 03     79      67        T        0
 MAY 04     75      65        0        0
 MAY 05     78      67        0        0
 MAY 06     78      68        0        0
 MAY 07     78      69        0        0
 MAY 08     79      71        0        0
 MAY 09     80      68      .37        0
 MAY 10     69      62      .21        0
 MAY 11     74      66        T        0
 MAY 12     77      67      .70        0
 MAY 13     76      65        0        0
 MAY 14     79      70        0        0
 MAY 15     81      73        T        0
 MAY 16     80      73        T        0
 MAY 17     82      72        0        0
 MAY 18     83      74        0        0
 MAY 19     83      75        0        0
 MAY 20     83      75        0        0
 MAY 21     84      73        T        0
 MAY 22     79      69     1.47        0
 MAY 23     82      74        T        0
 MAY 24     83      70      .29        0
 MAY 25     85      76      .01        0
 MAY 26     85      77        0        0
 MAY 27     86      78        0        0
 MAY 28     85      74      .03        0
 MAY 29     84      74        0        0
 MAY 30     85      76        0        0
 MAY 31     84      68      .85        0
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 SUM      2495    2198     3.93      0.0
 AVG      80.5    70.9

          SUMMARY OF THE MONTH 

 TEMPERATURE DATA (DEGREES F):
 HIGHEST...............	86º	DATE: 27
 LOWEST................	62º	DATE: 10
 AVERAGE MAXIMUM.......	80.5º
 AVERAGE MINIMUM.......	70.9º
 AVERAGE MONTHLY.......	75.7º

 DEGREE DAY DATA (BASE 65ºF):
 HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0
 SEASONAL (BEG JUL 1).. MISG
 COOLING DEGREE DAYS... 338
 SEASONAL (BEG JAN 1).. 508

 PRECIPITATION DATA (INCHES):
 MONTHLY TOTAL......... 3.93
 MAX DAILY TOTAL....... 1.47	DATE: 22
 
 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