000 CDAK49 PAFG 220944 CLIFAI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK 1243 AM AST WED DEC 22 2004 ................................... ...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 21 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 3 1108 PM 41 1985 2 1 -3 MINIMUM -18 853 AM -49 1961 -16 -2 -15 AVERAGE -7 -7 0 -9 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.33 1990 0.02 -0.02 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.52 0.54 -0.02 0.15 SINCE DEC 1 0.52 0.54 -0.02 0.15 SINCE JAN 1 8.36 10.14 -1.78 13.41 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.8 1977 0.4 -0.4 0.3 MONTH TO DATE 11.2 9.3 1.9 2.9 SINCE DEC 1 11.2 9.3 1.9 2.9 SINCE JUL 1 41.9 38.1 3.8 33.2 SNOW DEPTH 16 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 72 72 0 74 MONTH TO DATE 1401 1471 -70 1545 SINCE DEC 1 1401 1471 -70 1545 SINCE JUL 1 5171 5659 -488 5336 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 8 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.7 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 LOWEST 74 .......................................................... THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 2 45 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) -16 -51 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 22 2004......SUNRISE 1059 AM AST SUNSET 242 PM AST DECEMBER 23 2004......SUNRISE 1059 AM AST SUNSET 243 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)........3:42 GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....+0:00:17 ---------------------------- $$