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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK                               
129 AM AST MON JAN 5 2004

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...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         10   1157 AM  40    1977   0     10       27       
  MINIMUM        -14   1135 PM -56    1975 -19      5        5       
  AVERAGE         -2                       -10      8       16      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.35 1907   0.02   0.00     0.15    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      0.08  -0.03     0.15    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.64                      0.82  -0.18     0.56    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.05                      0.08  -0.03     0.15    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.5           6.0  1938   0.4    1.1      4.3     
  MONTH TO DATE    3.4                       1.6    1.8      4.3     
  SINCE DEC 1     13.0                      15.0   -2.0     13.9     
  SINCE JUL 1     43.3                      43.8   -0.5     30.2     
  SNOW DEPTH      17                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       67                        74     -7       49       
  MONTH TO DATE  289                       296     -7      298       
  SINCE DEC 1   2578                      2495     83     2153       
  SINCE JUL 1   6369                      6683   -314     5512       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     1   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     2   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    91          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     71          1100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   -1        33      1960                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)  -19       -57      1975                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
5  JANUARY 2004......SUNRISE  1050 AM   SUNSET   305 PM
6  JANUARY 2004......SUNRISE  1048 AM   SUNSET   308 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)........4:16
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)...+00:04:08

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