000 CDAK49 PAFG 250935 CLIFAI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS, AK 1233 AM AST SAT DEC 25 2004 ................................... ...THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 24 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 -14 1233 AM 42 1985 2 -16 -13 MINIMUM -36 1118 PM -54 1961 -17 -19 -28 AVERAGE -25 -7 -18 -20 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.28 1962 0.02 -0.02 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.55 0.60 -0.05 0.28 SINCE DEC 1 0.55 0.60 -0.05 0.28 SINCE JAN 1 8.39 10.20 -1.81 13.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.2 1990 0.4 -0.4 0.4 MONTH TO DATE 11.8 10.5 1.3 5.0 SINCE DEC 1 11.8 10.5 1.3 5.0 SINCE JUL 1 42.5 39.3 3.2 35.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 90 72 18 85 MONTH TO DATE 1598 1687 -89 1783 SINCE DEC 1 1598 1687 -89 1783 SINCE JUL 1 5368 5875 -507 5574 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 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 LOWEST 62 .......................................................... THE FAIRBANKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 2 34 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) -17 -56 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 25 2004......SUNRISE 1059 AM AST SUNSET 245 PM AST DECEMBER 26 2004......SUNRISE 1059 AM AST SUNSET 246 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)........3:45 GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....+0:01:18 ---------------------------- $$