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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BETHEL, AK
420 AM AKDT WED APR 3 2013

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...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
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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
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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. 

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BDW/TR APR 13