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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK                               
1240 AM AST FRI JAN 24 2003

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...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 23 2003...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 TO 2003

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         -5    320 PM  39    1981   0     -5      -13       
  MINIMUM        -21   1159 PM -60    1906 -19     -2      -26       
  AVERAGE        -13                       -10     -3      -19      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.39 1950   0.02  -0.02     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.24                      0.46  -0.22     0.38    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.65                      1.20  -0.55     0.62    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.24                      0.46  -0.22     0.38    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.8  1950   0.3   -0.3      0.5     
  MONTH TO DATE    6.3                       8.3   -2.0      8.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     15.9                      21.7   -5.8     12.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     32.2                      50.5  -18.3     22.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       9                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       78                        75      3       84       
  MONTH TO DATE 1544                      1721   -177     1296       
  SINCE DEC 1   3399                      3920   -521     3629       
  SINCE JUL 1   6758                      8108  -1350     7797       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     5   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     5   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     70           100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    0        46      1977                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)  -19       -60      1911                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
24  JANUARY 2003......SUNRISE  1003 AM   SUNSET   406 PM
25  JANUARY 2003......SUNRISE  1000 AM   SUNSET   410 PM

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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AVAILABLE DAYLIGHT

LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT TODAY  (HOUR:MIN).........6:03
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)...+00:06:25