945 CXAK58 PABE 031220 CLMBET CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BETHEL, AK 420 AM AKDT WED APR 3 2013 ................................... ...THE BETHEL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR\'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 48 3/31/1954 LOW -42 3/01/1956 HIGHEST 40 3/07 40 0 36 3/28 LOWEST -22 -14 -8 -29 3/12 AVG. MAXIMUM 20.9 22.6 -1.7 11.4 AVG. MINIMUM 3.5 7.8 -4.3 -7.6 MEAN 12.2 15.2 -3.0 1.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 24 21.9 2.1 28 DAYS MAX >= 80 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX >= 70 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 30 30.5 -0.5 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 13 11.0 2.0 21 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.44 1991 MINIMUM 0.00 1986 TOTALS 0.78 0.71 0.07 1.23 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.04 DAYS >= .01 12 8.2 3.8 10 DAYS >= .10 5 2.4 2.6 2 DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 0.16 3/09 0.64 3/23 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 36.1 1951 24 HR TOTAL 9.9 3-15-1951 SNOW DEPTH 45 3-21-1951 TOTALS 5.8 8.2 -2.4 12.5 SINCE 7/1 41.0 53.6 -12.6 78.5 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 4 7 -3 17 DAYS >= TRACE 16 15.5 0.5 13 DAYS >= 1.0 3 3.2 -0.2 2 DAYS >= 6.0 0 0.0 -0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 7 3/28 22 3/26 24 HR TOTAL 1.6 3/09 5.6 3/23 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1631 1544 87 1951 SINCE 7/1 10853 10290 563 11684 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/170 DATE 03/9 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/170 DATE 03/9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR MM NUMBER OF DAYS PC MM NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY MM AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 ICE PELLETS 0 RAIN 3 GLAZE 0 DRIZZLE 0 HAIL 0 SNOW 13 HAZE 0 FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 BLOWING SNOW 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && BETHEL SAW BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION...AND LOWER SNOW FALL THAN NORMAL IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS PAST MONTH OF MARCH WAS 12.2. WHICH IS 3.0 DEGREES LESS THAN THE NORMAL TEMPERATURE 15.2 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. THE MONTH’S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE REACHED 40 DEGREES ON THE 7TH. WITH THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF -22 REACHED ON THE 26TH. A TOTAL OF SEVEN DAYS SAW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ABOVE 32 DEGREES WHILE TWENTY-FOUR DAYS SAW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES. THERE WERE THIRTEEN DAYS THAT RECORDED TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO. THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR MARCH WAS 0.78 WHICH IS .07 ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE OF 0.71. IN MARCH THERE WERE SEVENTEEN DAYS WHERE PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY SNOW. HOWEVER THERE WERE THREE DAYS WHICH REPORTED RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW. A TOTAL OF 5.8 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED IN MARCH WHICH IS -2.4 LESS THAN THE NORMAL SNOW FALL OF 8.2 INCHES. THE 9TH RECORDED THE MOST SNOW FALL OF 1.6 INCHES. THE 9TH WAS THE ONLY DAY TO RECORD BLOWING SNOW. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WAS 11.3 MPH. THERE WERE TWENTY-FIVE DAYS WHERE THE TOP SUSTAINED WIND SPEED WAS 20 MPH OR STRONGER AND NINE OF THOSE DAYS SAW SUSTAINED WIND SPEED ABOVE 30 MPH. MARCH 9TH RECORDED THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED AND GUSTS OF 35 AND 43 MPH RESPECTIVELY. IN ADDITION THERE WERE TWENTY-ONE DAYS WHERE FOG WAS REPORTED. SIX OF THOSE DAYS RECORDED FOG LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN VISIBILITY. $$ BDW/TR APR 13