000 CDAK49 PAFG 100947 CLIFAI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK 1245 AM AST WED MAR 10 2004 ................................... ...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 9 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM NORMAL ............................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 25 1130 PM 50 1949 21 4 MINIMUM -25 519 AM -44 1911 -7 -18 AVERAGE 0 7 -7 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.40 1918 0.01 -0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.09 -0.05 SINCE MAR 1 0.04 0.09 -0.05 SINCE JAN 1 0.70 1.01 -0.31 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.0 1918 0.2 -0.2 MONTH TO DATE 0.6 1.8 -1.2 SINCE MAR 1 0.6 1.8 -1.2 SINCE JUL 1 57.4 61.9 -4.5 SNOW DEPTH 19 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 65 7 MONTH TO DATE 567 22 SINCE MAR 1 567 22 SINCE JUL 1 10996 -177 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 ............................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 LOWEST 52 AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 50 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) -7 -41 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 10 2004.........SUNRISE 726 AM AST SUNSET 638 PM AST MARCH 11 2004.........SUNRISE 723 AM AST SUNSET 642 PM AST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ---------------------------- AVAILABLE DAYLIGHT AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY (HOUR:MIN)........11:13 GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....+0:06:44 ---------------------------- $$