National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

• Home
• Site Map
• News
• Organization
• Search for: NWS All NOAA 

000
CXAK58 PAKN 012027
CLMAKN

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KING SALMON, AK
1227 PM AKDT WED MAY 1 2013

...................................

...THE KING SALMON AP CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1949 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              69   4/30/2005
 LOW              -19   4/06/1956
HIGHEST            52   4/24         55      -3      61  4/27
LOWEST              1                 6      -5       9  4/06
AVG. MAXIMUM       38.5              42.4    -3.9    44.4
AVG. MINIMUM       18.3              24.9    -6.6    26.3
MEAN               28.4              33.7    -5.3    35.4
DAYS MAX >= 90      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX <= 32      8                 3.7     4.3     3
DAYS MAX >= 80      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX >= 70      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     28                21.6     6.4    26
DAYS MIN <= 0       0                 0.7    -0.7     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM            2.99   1963
 MINIMUM            0.19   1992
TOTALS              0.20              0.97   -0.77    0.56
DAILY AVG.          0.01              0.03   -0.02    0.02
DAYS >= .01         6                 9.7    -3.7     5
DAYS >= .10         1                 3.0    -2.0     1
DAYS >= .50         0                 0.1    -0.1     0
DAYS >= 1.0         0                 0.0     0.0     0
GREATEST
 24 HR TOTAL        0.11   4/22                       0.48  4/05

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             16.0   1968
 24 HR TOTAL        7.2   4-10-1999
 SNOW DEPTH        13     4-02-1966
TOTALS              0.8               3.9    -3.1     3.4
SINCE 7/1          74.5              47.3    27.2    79.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                 0       0       1
DAYS >= TRACE       4                11.5    -7.5     8
DAYS >= 1.0         0                 1.5    -1.5     1
DAYS >= 6.0         0                 0.1    -0.1     0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         1   4/11                          4  4/04
 24 HR TOTAL      0.5   4/11                        3.2  4/05

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1092               940     152     882
 SINCE 7/1      10296              9823     473   11073
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0       0
................................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED                9.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION     33/010    DATE   04/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION     43/010    DATE   04/25

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              1     ICE PELLETS                 0
RAIN                      7     GLAZE                       0
DRIZZLE                   1     HAIL                        0
SNOW                      3     HAZE                        0
FOG                       5     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE       1
BLOWING SNOW              0


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

&&

...COLD & DRY APRIL AT KING SALMON ALASKA...

A WEATHER PATTERN DOMINATED BY HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BERING
SEA AND ALASKA INTERIOR CONTRIBUTED TO A COLD AND DRY MONTH FOR
THE BRISTOL BAY AREA. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL IN KING
SALMON WAS 28.4 DEGREES...5.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE
HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 38.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.9
DEGREES COOLER THAN THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 42.4 DEGREES. THE
AVERAGE DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 18.3 DEGREES IS 6.6 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL WAS RECORDED ON
THE 24TH WITH A STAGGERING 52 DEGREES. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE
RECORDED FOR THE MONTH WAS 1 DEGREE...SET ON THE 11TH.

PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL WAS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN AVERAGE FOR
THE KING SALMON AREA. A TOTAL OF ONLY 0.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
WAS RECORDED AT THE KING SALMON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
THIS IS 0.77 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL AMOUNT OF 0.97.
ONLY 8 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF SNOW WAS MEASURED DURING THE MONTH...
3.1 INCHES LOWER THAN THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 3.9 INCHES. THE
HIGHEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON THE 22ND WITH 0.11
INCHES. THE ENTIRE MEASURABLE SNOWFALL FELL ON THE 10TH & 11TH.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED FOR KING SALMON IN APRIL WAS 9.4
MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON THE 25TH WITH A
NORTHERLY WIND SPEED OF 33 MPH. THE HIGHEST SINGLE GUST WAS ALSO
MEASURED ON THE 25TH WITH A SPEED OF 43 MPH.

$$
FS MAY 13