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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK                               
154 AM AST TUE JAN 6 2004

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...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5 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         -3   1249 PM  33    1960  -1     -2       15       
  MINIMUM        -31   1119 PM -57    1975 -19    -12       -4       
  AVERAGE        -17                       -10     -7        6      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.35 1907   0.02  -0.02     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      0.10  -0.05     0.17    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.64                      0.84  -0.20     0.58    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.05                      0.10  -0.05     0.17    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             4.0  1980   0.4   -0.4      0.6     
  MONTH TO DATE    3.4                       2.0    1.4      4.9     
  SINCE DEC 1     13.0                      15.4   -2.4     14.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     43.3                      44.2   -0.9     30.8     
  SNOW DEPTH      18                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       82                        75      7       59       
  MONTH TO DATE  371                       371      0      357       
  SINCE DEC 1   2660                      2570     90     2212       
  SINCE JUL 1   6451                      6758   -307     5571       
                                                                     
 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    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     1   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     69           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   -1        34      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)  -19       -57      1975                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
6  JANUARY 2004......SUNRISE  1048 AM   SUNSET   308 PM
7  JANUARY 2004......SUNRISE  1046 AM   SUNSET   311 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)........4:20
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)...+00:04:20

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