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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK                               
349 PM AST THU FEB 14 2002

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...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14 2002...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0300 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         30    251 PM  39    1929   7     23       11       
  MINIMUM         13    459 AM -50    1950 -16     29      -17       
  AVERAGE         22                        -4     26       -3      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.28 1944   0.01  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      0.22  -0.11     0.64    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.89                      1.52  -0.63     1.20    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.65                      0.78  -0.13     1.04    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           3.5  1944   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.8                       4.2   -1.4      9.6     
  SINCE DEC 1     18.8                      27.2   -8.4     19.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     28.3                      54.9  -26.6     37.7     
  SNOW DEPTH      12                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           43                        69    -26       68       
  MONTH TO DATE  923                       998    -75      841       
  SINCE DEC 1   5155                      5543   -388     4606       
  SINCE JUL 1   9323                      9624   -301     8874       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            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    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE        8        44      1941                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE      -16       -50      1950                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
14  FEBRUARY 2002......SUNRISE   854 AM   SUNSET   520 PM
15  FEBRUARY 2002......SUNRISE   850 AM   SUNSET   523 PM

AVAILABLE DAYLIGHT TODAY  (HOUR:MIN)........8:26
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)...+0:06:49

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