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Howland Climate 
Draft 6/17/65 
Very few weather observations have been made on Howland but the 
few exisiting records indicate a fairly uniform climate with 
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little seasonal change. ( )( 
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The average annual temperature for 
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years vaires less 
than five degrees The year to year range in XhK annual temperature 
is also slight. The minimum annual temperature range was from 
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to % degrees in ■' while the 
maximum annual temperature range was from 
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degrees in 
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has been recorded on Howland was / in __ and the 
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minimum was 
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Slight seasonal variations in temperature do occur however, 
with the warmest temperatures in Sept, (mean for __ years ) 
and the coolest in March (mean for years 
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Fahrenheit during a four day period In October 1963.( 
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in a small ’paragraph comparing those results ..with those of the 
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Howland is located in ...the south equatorial current zone where 
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the current are from east to weS-t, Cloud cover is frequently 
strato-curaulus with'maximum cloud occurring from November to May. 
Information on precipitation is scant~and inconclusive, 
but thp^nnual rainfall is extremely variable ( ) 
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Sometimes more than a year may elapse with no rain at all as 
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The sea water temperature ranged between 86 and 87 degrees 
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