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CLIFAI

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
132 AM AKDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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...THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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         52    205 PM  82    1993  61     -9       60       
  MINIMUM         29    423 AM  22    1937  38     -9       29       
  AVERAGE         41                        50     -9       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.33 1978   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      0.27  -0.16     0.14    
  SINCE MAR 1      1.03                      0.83   0.20     0.95    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.30                      1.83   0.47     2.06    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.4  1992   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.7                       0.7    1.0       T      
  SINCE MAR 1     17.8                       8.5    9.3     14.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     68.3                      64.8    3.5     57.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        15      9       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  466                       299    167      364       
  SINCE MAR 1   3656                      2933    723     3068       
  SINCE JUL 1  14625                     13323   1302    13615       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    69                                                       
 LOWEST     28                                                       
 AVERAGE    49                                                       

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THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        76      1923                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        12      1918                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2013..........SUNRISE  421 AM AKDT   SUNSET  1119 PM AKDT
MAY 18 2013..........SUNRISE  417 AM AKDT   SUNSET  1122 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)........18:58
GAIN SINCE YESTERDAY........................7 MINUTES
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