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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1237 AM AKST FRI JAN 4 2013

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...THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         14    925 AM  29    1968   2     12      -31       
  MINIMUM          1    616 PM -57    1969 -16     17      -44       
  AVERAGE          8                        -7     15      -37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.22 1950   0.02  -0.02      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.06  -0.06     0.04    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.19                      0.70   0.49     0.99    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.00                      0.06  -0.06     0.04    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.8  1973   0.4   -0.4       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       1.2   -1.2      0.3     
  SINCE DEC 1     18.6                      13.3    5.3     12.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     29.9                      39.1   -9.2     25.9     
  SNOW DEPTH      14                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       57                        72    -15      102       
  MONTH TO DATE  150                       216    -66      298       
  SINCE DEC 1   2685                      2357    328     2184       
  SINCE JUL 1   7174                      6488    686     6299       
                                                                     
 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 GUST SPEED     8   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    95                                                       
 LOWEST     80                                                       
 AVERAGE    88                                                       

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THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    2        40      1977                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)  -16       -56      1975                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 04 2013..........SUNRISE  1050 AM AKST   SUNSET  305 PM AKST
JANUARY 05 2013..........SUNRISE  1048 AM AKST   SUNSET  307 PM AKST

                                                                    
-  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)........4:15
GAIN SINCE YESTERDAY........................4 MINUTES
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CF JAN 13