000 CDAK49 PAFG 170935 CLIFAI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK 134 AM ADT SAT APR 17 2004 ................................... ...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 45 156 PM 59 1993 44 1 45 MINIMUM 31 1159 PM -12 1914 21 10 29 AVERAGE 38 32 6 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.06 1960 0.01 -0.01 T MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.07 -0.05 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 0.31 0.35 -0.04 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 0.97 1.27 -0.30 1.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.5 1960 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.2 1.6 -1.4 T SINCE MAR 1 5.4 7.1 -1.7 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 62.2 67.2 -5.0 41.4 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 33 -6 28 MONTH TO DATE 564 606 -42 650 SINCE MAR 1 2387 2276 111 2392 SINCE JUL 1 12816 12904 -88 11218 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1000 PM LOWEST 37 1200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 60 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -16 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2004.........SUNRISE 607 AM ADT SUNSET 937 PM ADT APRIL 18 2004.........SUNRISE 604 AM ADT SUNSET 940 PM ADT - 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)........15:30 GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....+0:06:52 ---------------------------- $$