Track and field begins at the Beijing Olympics

Friday, August 15, 2008Beijing National Stadium, People's Republic of China

rain until 8am74°F

Rain through the night, steady and warm, with thunder around one and again near three in the morning, the air near 74°F. It stopped around eight. The cloud thinned slowly through the day and the afternoon reached about 87° under a breaking sky, humid but clearing, with a stiff breeze at noon. Clear by evening. The night session ran under an open sky near 79°.

Rain
0.79"
Humidity
65%
Wind
9 mph
Daylight
13.8 hrs
High / Low
86° / 70°F
Felt like
87° / 71°F
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
29.72 inHg
Gusting to
20 mph
Wind from
north
Sunrise / Sunset
5:25 am / 7:11 pm
Day's character
light showers

Close to what instruments recorded. From the Beijing - Capital Airport station, 12 mi away.

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