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CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST PAUL, AK
1224 PM AKST SUN FEB 3 2013

...CORRECTED FOR TEXT SPACING...

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...THE ST PAUL ISLAND AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              44   1/04/1980
 LOW              -14   1/29/1976
HIGHEST            36   1/8 1/20     34       2      36  1/14
LOWEST              8                 3       5      -4  1/26
AVG. MAXIMUM       29.9              29.1     0.8    19.2
AVG. MINIMUM       21.1              21.1     0.0     9.7
MEAN               25.5              25.1     0.4    14.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX <= 32     18                15.3     2.7    27
DAYS MAX >= 80      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX >= 70      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     29                24.1     4.9    30
DAYS MIN <= 0       0                 0.9    -0.9     4

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM            4.99   1964
 MINIMUM            0.23   2010
TOTALS              1.41              1.58   -0.17    2.06
DAILY AVG.          0.05              0.05    0.00    0.07
DAYS >= .01        19                15.6     3.4    18
DAYS >= .10         5                 4.7     0.3     8
DAYS >= .50         0                 0.2    -0.2     1
DAYS >= 1.0         0                 0.0    -0.0     0
GREATEST
 24 HR TOTAL        0.32   1/19                       0.59  1/03

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             50.6   2002
 24 HR TOTAL       16.4   1-09-2002
 SNOW DEPTH        25     1-27-2007
TOTALS             13.6              12.6     1.0    23.1
SINCE 7/1          26.9              29.3    -2.4    45.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      4                 4       0       6
DAYS >= TRACE      28                21.9     6.1    28
DAYS >= 1.0         4                 3.4     0.6     6
DAYS >= 6.0         0                 0.1    -0.1     1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        10   1/19                         14  1/31
 24 HR TOTAL      4.4   1/19                        6.3  1/03

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1215              1238     -23    1559
 SINCE 7/1       6068              5779     289    6240
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0       0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED               14.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION     46/040    DATE   01/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION     55/040    DATE   01/28


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     ICE PELLETS                 0
RAIN                      8     GLAZE                       0
DRIZZLE                   0     HAIL                        0
SNOW                     28     HAZE                       10
FOG                      30     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE       5
BLOWING SNOW              5


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
...ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION FOR SAINT PAUL...

THE MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY WAS 25.5 DEGREES...0.4 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 29.9 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.8 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 36 DEGREES
ON 8 JAN AND 20 JAN. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 21.1
WHICH EQUALS THE NORMAL MONTHLY VALUE. THE LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH WAS 8 DEGREES REPORTED ON 28 JAN.

28 DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE REPORTED TO HAVE A TRACE OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION.
THE MONTHLY RECORDED PRECIPITATION WAS 1.41 INCHES. THAT IS 0.17 OF AN INCH
BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL OCCURRED ON THE 21ST WITH .17 OF
AN INCH. 28 DAYS OF SNOWFALL WERE REPORTED WITH 12 DAYS OF A TRACE, 16 DAYS
GREATER THAN A TRACE. THE MONTHLY RECORDED SNOWFALL WAS 13.6 INCHES. THE
GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION WAS 0.32 OF AN INCH ASSOCIATED WITH THE GREATEST
DAILY SNOWFALL OF 4.4 INCHES AND GREATEST SNOW DEPTH OF 10 INCHES ALL REPORTED
ON 19 JAN.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR JANUARY AT SAINT PAUL WAS 14.5 MPH. THE STRONGEST
WIND OF THE MONTH WAS REPORTED ON THE 28TH FROM THE NORTHEAST...WITH A HIGHEST
SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OF 46 MPH WITH A MAXIMUM GUST OF 55 MPH.


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DR FEB 13