000 CDAK49 PAFG 181013 CLIFAI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK 1230 AM AST SAT DEC 18 2004 ................................... ...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 17 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 15 636 PM 38 1909 3 12 -3 MINIMUM 0 938 PM -52 1933 -15 15 -19 AVERAGE 8 -6 14 -11 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 0.86 1984 0.03 0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.41 0.43 -0.02 0.05 SINCE DEC 1 0.41 0.43 -0.02 0.05 SINCE JAN 1 8.25 10.03 -1.78 13.31 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.9 11.6 1984 0.4 1.5 T MONTH TO DATE 8.6 7.7 0.9 1.2 SINCE DEC 1 8.6 7.7 0.9 1.2 SINCE JUL 1 39.3 36.5 2.8 31.5 SNOW DEPTH 15 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 57 71 -14 76 MONTH TO DATE 1147 1185 -38 1255 SINCE DEC 1 1147 1185 -38 1255 SINCE JUL 1 4917 5373 -456 5046 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 193 74 119 31 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 LOWEST 76 .......................................................... THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 3 42 1935 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) -15 -54 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 18 2004......SUNRISE 1057 AM AST SUNSET 241 PM AST DECEMBER 19 2004......SUNRISE 1058 AM AST SUNSET 241 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)........3:43 GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....-0:01:02 ---------------------------- $$