JAMAICA BEACH WEATHER OBSERVATORY
   MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA SUMMARY
                OCT 1997

 DATE      MAX     MIN     PCPN     SNOW
 ---------------------------------------
 OCT 01     88      76        0        0
 OCT 02     84      75        0        0
 OCT 03     84      75        0        0
 OCT 04     84      76        T        0
 OCT 05     85      77      .09        0
 OCT 06     85      73      .40        0
 OCT 07     82      73      .71        0
 OCT 08     81      75      .32        0
 OCT 09     81      78      .30        0
 OCT 10     82      75      .08        0
 OCT 11     80      74     1.70        0
 OCT 12     85      78      .09        0
 OCT 13     80      64      .46        0
 OCT 14     71      60        0        0
 OCT 15     71      60        0        0
 OCT 16     72      60        0        0
 OCT 17     73      61        0        0
 OCT 18     76      63        0        0
 OCT 19     80      65        0        0
 OCT 20     80      69        0        0
 OCT 21     79      70        0        0
 OCT 22     70      64        0        0
 OCT 23     79      65      .07        0
 OCT 24     80      73        0        0
 OCT 25     82      73      .07        0
 OCT 26     74      50      .02        0
 OCT 27     61      46        0        0
 OCT 28     64      54      .07        0
 OCT 29     68      64      .70        0
 OCT 30     77      67      .02        0
 OCT 31     79      69        T        0
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 SUM      2417    2102     5.10      0.0
 AVG      78.0    67.8

          SUMMARY OF THE MONTH 

 TEMPERATURE DATA (DEGREES F):
 HIGHEST...............	88º	DATE: 1
 LOWEST................	46º	DATE: 27
 AVERAGE MAXIMUM.......	78.0º
 AVERAGE MINIMUM.......	67.8º
 AVERAGE MONTHLY.......	72.9º

 DEGREE DAY DATA (BASE 65ºF):
 HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 20
 SEASONAL (BEG JUL 1).. 20
 COOLING DEGREE DAYS... 272
 SEASONAL (BEG JAN 1).. 3142

 PRECIPITATION DATA (INCHES):
 MONTHLY TOTAL......... 5.10
 MAX DAILY TOTAL....... 1.70	DATE: 11
 
 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