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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK                               
117 AM AST THU JAN 8 2004

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...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 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          2        MM  33    1944  -1      3      -21        
  MINIMUM        -32        MM -55    1975 -19    -13      -39        
  AVERAGE        -15                       -10     -5      -30      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.43 1916   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      0.14  -0.09     0.21    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.64                      0.88  -0.24     0.62    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.05                      0.14  -0.09     0.21    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           7.5  1916   0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    3.4                       2.8    0.6      5.3     
  SINCE DEC 1     13.0                      16.2   -3.2     14.9     
  SINCE JUL 1     43.3                      45.0   -1.7     31.2     
  SNOW DEPTH      17                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       80                        75      5       95       
  MONTH TO DATE  543                       521     22      529       
  SINCE DEC 1   2832                      2720    112     2384       
  SINCE JUL 1   6623                      6908   -285     5743       
                                                                     
 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (25)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79          M400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     61          M100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   -1        40      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)  -19       -53      1952                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
8  JANUARY 2004......SUNRISE  1044 AM   SUNSET   313 PM
9  JANUARY 2004......SUNRISE  1042 AM   SUNSET   316 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)........4:29
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)...+00:04:43

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