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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
132 AM AKDT WED MAY 8 2013

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...THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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         45    633 PM  70    2005  57    -12       58       
  MINIMUM         21    529 AM  12    1922  34    -13       39       
  AVERAGE         33                        46    -13       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.36 1962   0.02  -0.02      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      0.11   0.00     0.01    
  SINCE MAR 1      1.03                      0.67   0.36     0.82    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.30                      1.67   0.63     1.93    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           2.0  1962   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.7                       0.4    1.3       T      
  SINCE MAR 1     17.8                       8.2    9.6     14.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     68.3                      64.5    3.8     57.4     
  SNOW DEPTH      11                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        19     13       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  239                       145     94      187       
  SINCE MAR 1   3429                      2779    650     2891       
  SINCE JUL 1  14398                     13169   1229    13438       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    74                                                       
 LOWEST     31                                                       
 AVERAGE    53                                                       

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THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        73      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35         8      1964                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 08 2013..........SUNRISE  452 AM AKDT   SUNSET  1047 PM AKDT
MAY 09 2013..........SUNRISE  449 AM AKDT   SUNSET  1051 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)........17:55
GAIN SINCE YESTERDAY........................7 MINUTES
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SDB MAY 13