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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1242 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012

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...THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 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         26    155 PM  37    1941  11     15        7       
  MINIMUM          0   1148 PM -49    1965 -12     12      -26       
  AVERAGE         13                         0     13       -9      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.20 1918   0.02  -0.02     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.13                      0.27  -0.14     0.30    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.77                      1.49   0.28     0.72    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.82                      0.85  -0.03     0.49    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.0  1996   0.3   -0.3      0.5     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.3                       5.1   -2.8      4.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     24.1                      27.5   -3.4     11.3     
  SINCE JUL 1     37.5                      53.3  -15.8     30.6     
  SNOW DEPTH      18                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       52                        65    -13       74       
  MONTH TO DATE  978                      1163   -185     1238       
  SINCE DEC 1   5703                      5564    139     5989       
  SINCE JUL 1   9818                      9695    123     9532       
                                                                     
 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    NE (40)       

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    95                                                       
 LOWEST     63                                                       
 AVERAGE    79                                                       

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THE FAIRBANKS AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   12        40      1911                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)  -12       -50      1937                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 18 2012..........SUNRISE  841 AM AKST   SUNSET  532 PM AKST
FEBRUARY 19 2012..........SUNRISE  838 AM AKST   SUNSET  535 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)........8:51
GAIN SINCE YESTERDAY........................7 MINUTES
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