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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1246 AM AKST TUE JAN 31 2012

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...THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 30 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 TO 2012


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM        -25   1008 PM  38    1985   3    -28        5       
  MINIMUM        -44   1227 AM -56    1947 -16    -28      -14       
  AVERAGE        -34                        -7    -27       -4      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.07          0.34 1979   0.02   0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.56                      0.56   0.00     0.19    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.51                      1.20   0.31     0.42    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.56                      0.56   0.00     0.19    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.0           5.5  1979   0.3    0.7      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    9.5                      10.0   -0.5      3.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     21.7                      22.1   -0.4      7.2     
  SINCE JUL 1     35.1                      47.9  -12.8     26.5     
  SNOW DEPTH      17                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       99                        72     27       69       
  MONTH TO DATE 2742                      2190    552     2126       
  SINCE DEC 1   4628                      4331    297     4684       
  SINCE JUL 1   8743                      8462    281     8227       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     7   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77                                                       
 LOWEST     69                                                       
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    3        42      1940                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)  -16       -52      1911                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 31 2012...........SUNRISE  942 AM AKST   SUNSET  430 PM AKST
FEBRUARY 01 2012..........SUNRISE  938 AM AKST   SUNSET  434 PM AKST

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. 

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SNOW DEPTH IS MEASURED AT 3AM AKST/4AM AKDT

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AVAILABLE DAYLIGHT

AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY  (HOUR:MIN)........6:48
GAIN SINCE YESTERDAY........................6 MINUTES
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