000 CDAK49 PAFG 310933 CLIFAI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK 132 AM ADT TUE AUG 31 2004 ................................... ...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 57 601 PM 83 1974 62 -5 67 MINIMUM 39 603 AM 21 1922 42 -3 51 AVERAGE 48 52 -4 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.83 1962 0.05 -0.05 0.18 MONTH TO DATE 0.37 1.69 -1.32 1.63 SINCE JUN 1 1.81 4.82 -3.01 8.20 SINCE JAN 1 4.75 6.83 -2.08 9.71 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1948 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 13 4 6 MONTH TO DATE 114 270 -156 255 SINCE JUN 1 207 570 -363 549 SINCE JUL 1 163 391 -228 409 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 45 11 34 1 SINCE JUN 1 193 73 120 31 SINCE JAN 1 193 73 120 31 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 LOWEST 62 .......................................................... THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 78 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 25 1922 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2004........SUNRISE 630 AM ADT SUNSET 911 PM ADT SEPTEMBER 1 2004.....SUNRISE 633 AM ADT SUNSET 907 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)........14:41 GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....-0:06:43 ---------------------------- $$