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CLIFAI

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1232 AM AKST THU JAN 3 2013

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...THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 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         22    140 AM  41    2011   2     20      -23       
  MINIMUM          1   1123 PM -61    1969 -16     17      -40       
  AVERAGE         12                        -7     19      -31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.22 1907   0.02  -0.02     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.04  -0.04     0.04    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.19                      0.68   0.51     0.99    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.00                      0.04  -0.04     0.04    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.0  1961   0.4   -0.4      0.3     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.8   -0.8      0.3     
  SINCE DEC 1     18.6                      12.9    5.7     12.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     29.9                      38.7   -8.8     25.9     
  SNOW DEPTH      14                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       53                        72    -19       96       
  MONTH TO DATE   93                       144    -51      196       
  SINCE DEC 1   2628                      2285    343     2082       
  SINCE JUL 1   7117                      6416    701     6197       
                                                                     
 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    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92                                                       
 LOWEST     80                                                       
 AVERAGE    86                                                       

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THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    2        29      1968                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)  -16       -57      1969                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 03 2013..........SUNRISE  1052 AM AKST   SUNSET  302 PM AKST
JANUARY 04 2013..........SUNRISE  1050 AM AKST   SUNSET  305 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)........4:10
GAIN SINCE YESTERDAY........................4 MINUTES
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