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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK                               
135 AM ADT MON JUL 29 2002

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...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 28 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
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)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         68    220 PM  99    1919  71     -3       59       
  MINIMUM         50    506 AM  34    1943  51     -1       52       
  AVERAGE         59                        61     -2       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          0.51 2001   0.06  -0.01     0.51    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.62                      1.55   1.07     2.30    
  SINCE JUN 1      3.40                      2.95   0.45     2.95    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.70                      4.96   2.74     5.22    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2000                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        6                         5      1        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  115                       106      9      142       
  SINCE JUN 1    312                       285     27      268       
  SINCE JUL 1    115                       106      9      142       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   29                        39    -10       14       
  SINCE JUN 1     29                        59    -30       29       
  SINCE JAN 1     37                        59    -22       29       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        95      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        33      1929                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
29  JULY 2002......SUNRISE   442 AM   SUNSET   1112 PM
30  JULY 2002......SUNRISE   445 AM   SUNSET   1109 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

LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT TODAY  (HOUR:MIN).......18:30
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)...-0:06:55