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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK                               
434 PM ADT FRI MAY 3 2002

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...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 2002...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 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         39    259 PM  70    1995  54    -15       31       
  MINIMUM         23    533 AM   0    1945  29     -6       20       
  AVERAGE         31                        41    -10       26      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.35 1923   0.01  -0.01      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.10                      0.03   0.07     0.06    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.30                      0.52   2.78     0.65    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.02                      1.44   2.58     1.71    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           3.0  1923   0.1   -0.1       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.8                       0.3    1.5      0.3     
  SINCE MAR 1     19.4                       9.8    9.6     11.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     49.1                      68.9  -19.8     49.9     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           34                        23     11       39       
  MONTH TO DATE   95                        71     24      110       
  SINCE MAR 1   3041                      2774    267     2751       
  SINCE JUL 1  13269                     13321    -52    12400       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            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    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    62           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    49                                                       
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE       55        69      1907                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE       30         9      1945                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
3  MAY 2002......SUNRISE   511 AM   SUNSET   1029 PM
4  MAY 2002......SUNRISE   508 AM   SUNSET   1032 PM

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

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AVAILABLE DAYLIGHT

AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY  (HOUR:MIN)........17:18
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)...+0:07:00