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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK                               
503 PM ADT FRI OCT 25 2002

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...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 2002...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 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         44    240 PM  52    1938  24     20       13       
  MINIMUM         24    426 AM -27    1935   9     15        1       
  AVERAGE         34                        16     18        7      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.29 1942   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.05                      0.75   0.30     0.53    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.25                      1.87   0.38     0.78    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.97                      8.75   4.22     8.18    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           3.9  1942   0.5   -0.5       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   14.7                       9.9    4.8      5.8     
  SINCE SEP 1     14.7                      12.6    2.1      6.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.7                      12.6    2.1      6.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           31                        49    -18       58       
  MONTH TO DATE  829                       979   -150      948       
  SINCE SEP 1   1353                      1594   -241     1469       
  SINCE JUL 1   1799                      1998   -199     1864       
                                                                     
 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    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
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          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     57           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23        48      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    8       -28      1935                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
25  OCTOBER 2002......SUNRISE   917 AM   SUNSET   554 PM
26  OCTOBER 2002......SUNRISE   920 AM   SUNSET   551 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).........8:37
GAIN/LOSS FROM YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....-0:06:44