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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK                               
224 AM ADT WED AUG 21 2002

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...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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         61    431 PM  90    1923  65     -4       76       
  MINIMUM         37    536 AM  28    1931  45     -8       51       
  AVERAGE         49                        55     -6       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.92 1983   0.05  -0.05     0.14    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.28                      1.19   1.09     1.59    
  SINCE JUN 1      5.68                      4.32   1.36     4.71    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.98                      6.33   3.65     6.98    
                                                                     
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       16                        10      6        1       
  MONTH TO DATE  184                       154     30      145       
  SINCE JUN 1    503                       454     49      435       
  SINCE JUL 1    306                       275     31      309       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    7                        11     -4        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     37                        73    -36       29       
  SINCE JAN 1     45                        73    -28       29       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        87      1977                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        30      1931                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
21  AUGUST 2002......SUNRISE   558 AM   SUNSET   950 PM
22  AUGUST 2002......SUNRISE   601 AM   SUNSET   946 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)........15:52
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)...-0:06:49