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CLIFAI

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
139 AM AKDT THU AUG 16 2012

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...THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 TO 2012


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         77    502 PM  91    2010  66     11       68       
  MINIMUM         48    443 AM  32    1969  47      1       51       
  AVERAGE         63                        57      6       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.81 1916   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.13                      0.98  -0.85     0.72    
  SINCE JUN 1      3.24                      4.51  -1.27     4.19    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.89                      6.67  -0.78     6.28    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
                                      2000                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         9     -7        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  101                       104     -3      111       
  SINCE JUN 1    351                       372    -21      358       
  SINCE JUL 1    236                       212     24      218       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     34                        54    -20       24       
  SINCE JAN 1     34                        55    -21       39       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93                                                       
 LOWEST     27                                                       
 AVERAGE    60                                                       

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THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        83      1957                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        33      1943                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 16 2012..........SUNRISE  544 AM AKDT   SUNSET  1006 PM AKDT
AUGUST 17 2012..........SUNRISE  547 AM AKDT   SUNSET  1002 PM AKDT

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

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SNOW DEPTH IS MEASURED AT 3AM AKST/4AM AKDT

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AVAILABLE DAYLIGHT

AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY  (HOUR:MIN)........16:22
LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY........................7 MINUTES
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