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Updated: @ 18-May-2012 12:15am  
Summary / Temperature Wind Rain Outlook
Clear Clear
Currently: 71.4, Max: 71.6, Min: 71.4 71.4°F
Colder 1.3°F than last hour.

Comfortable

Feels like: 74.0°F

24-hr difference
10.1°FWarmer 10.1°F than yesterday at this time.
  Today Yesterday
High: 71.6°F
12:00am
89.6°F
4:44pm
Low: 71.4°F
12:14am
56.3°F
4:50am
 Wind from S S
16
Gust:
30 mph
4 Bft - Moderate breeze
Today: 33 mph 12:00am
Gust Month: 45 mph May 17
Rain Today: 0.00 in
Rain Rate (/hr): 0.000 in
Rain Yesterday: 0.00 in
This Month: 4.01 in
Season Total: 8.69 in
4 days since last rain.
Friday

Breezy
Breezy
Humidity & Barometer Almanac Moon
Humidity: 48 % Increased 1.7% since last hour.
Dew Point: 50.7°F Decreased 0.2°F since last hour.
Barometer: 29.73 inHg  
Baro Trend: Steady
Sunrise: 5:47am
Sunset: 8:41pm
Moonrise: 4:21am
Moonset: 6:48pm
Waning Crescent
Waning Crescent, Moon at 26 days in cycle
5%
Illuminated
UV Index Solar Radiation
   0.0    None
High: 0.0 @ 12:00am
0 W/m2
High: 0 @  12:00am
 NWS Weather Forecast  - Outlook: Overnight & Friday
Overnight

Breezy
Breezy

Lo 64 °F
NWS forecast: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. Breezy, with a south wind between 18 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Davis VP+ forecast: Increasing clouds with little temperature change. Precip possible within 12 hrs possibly heavy at times. Windy
 
Friday

Breezy
Breezy

Hi 90 °F
NWS forecast: Sunny, with a high near 90. Breezy, with a south wind between 17 and 26 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.
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This Date In Weather History
Weather History for May 18
 
1987
Thunderstorms in Kansas, developing along a cold front, spawned tornadoes at Emporia and Toledo, produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Fort Scott, and produced golf ball size hail in the Kansas City area. Unseasonably hot weather prevailed ahead of the cold front. Pomona NJ reported a record high of 93 degrees, and Altus, OK, hit 100 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990
Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the central U.S. spawning a sixteen tornadoes, including a dozen in Nebraska. Thunderstorms also produced hail four inches in diameter at Perryton TX, wind gusts to 84 mph at Ellis KS, and high winds which caused nearly two million dollars damage at Sutherland NE. Thunderstorms deluged Sioux City IA with up to eight inches of rain, resulting in a record flood crest on Perry Creek and at least 4.5 million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

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