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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK                               
440 PM ADT THU OCT 3 2002

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...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 2002...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         43    259 PM  63    1950  42      1       50       
  MINIMUM         28    801 AM  -1    1909  25      3       25       
  AVERAGE         36                        34      2       38      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.33 1937   0.03  -0.03     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.04                      0.09  -0.05     0.03    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.24                      1.21   0.03     0.28    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.96                      8.09   3.87     7.68    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           3.1  1981   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.9   -0.9      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         3.6   -3.6      0.3     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         3.6   -3.6      0.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           29                        31     -2       27       
  MONTH TO DATE   74                        92    -18       81       
  SINCE SEP 1    598                       707   -109      602       
  SINCE JUL 1   1044                      1111    -67      997       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE JAN 1     45                        74    -29       29       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     60           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        62      1923                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24         7      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
3  OCTOBER 2002......SUNRISE   808 AM   SUNSET   712 PM
4  OCTOBER 2002......SUNRISE   811 AM   SUNSET   709 PM

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT TODAY (HOUR:MIN)........11:05
GAIN/LOSS FROM YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN)........-00:06:38