Bob Beamon’s Long Jump

Friday, October 18, 1968Universitary Olympic Stadium, Mexico City

clear and mild65°F

Low cloud in the small hours, the air near 46°F and wet. The grey held until 8am and then broke apart, the sun coming through hard and quick and the air climbing to near 68° by early afternoon. It stayed open. The afternoon was dry and bright with a gusty breeze, the light sharp until the sun dropped. At 6pm the cloud closed back over and the evening cooled fast under the ceiling.

Humidity
70%
Wind
7 mph
Daylight
11.7 hrs
Day's character
mostly clear
High / Low
69° / 47°F
Felt like
68° / 44°F
Rain
0.00"
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
30.04 inHg
Gusting to
20 mph
Wind from
north
Sunrise / Sunset
6:32 am / 6:11 pm

Pre-satellite record — solid, not exact. The Guadalupe Inn station, 1 mi away, recorded 0.03 in of rain that day, more than the model above shows. Where they differ, trust the station.

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