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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BETHEL, AK
846 AM AKDT THU NOV 1 2012

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...THE BETHEL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              65   10/02/1954
 LOW               -6   10/30/2001
HIGHEST            52   10/04        49       3      47  10/04
LOWEST             13                 8       5      11  10/31
AVG. MAXIMUM       36.9              35.8     1.1    37.0
AVG. MINIMUM       25.9              24.7     1.2    26.4
MEAN               31.4              30.3     1.1    31.7
DAYS MAX >= 90      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX <= 32     12                10.3     1.7     7
DAYS MAX >= 80      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX >= 70      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     22                24.8    -2.8    25
DAYS MIN <= 0       0                 0.5    -0.5     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM            4.48   2006
 MINIMUM            0.11   1965
TOTALS              2.19              1.65    0.54    1.68
DAILY AVG.          0.07              0.05    0.02    0.05
DAYS >= .01        12                12.9    -0.9    10
DAYS >= .10         5                 5.0     0.0     5
DAYS >= .50         2                 0.6     1.4     0
DAYS >= 1.0         0                 0.0    -0.0     0
GREATEST
 24 HR TOTAL        0.88   10/07                      0.47  10/13

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             12.8   1978
 24 HR TOTAL        6.0   10-22-2005
 SNOW DEPTH         7     10-26-1998
TOTALS              0.4               4.4    -4.0     4.2
SINCE 7/1           0.5               4.9    -4.4     4.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                 0       0       0
DAYS >= TRACE       5                13.1    -8.1    13
DAYS >= 1.0         0                 1.5    -1.5     2
DAYS >= 6.0         0                 0.0    -0.0     0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   10/22                         2  10/24
 24 HR TOTAL      0.2   10/29                       1.9  10/23

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1032              1076     -44    1029
 SINCE 7/1       2469              2302     167    2407
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0       0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED               14.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION     39/170    DATE    10/4
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION     51/170    DATE    10/4

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                     12     GLAZE                       0
DRIZZLE                   0     HAIL                        0
SNOW                      5     HAZE                        2
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE       3
BLOWING SNOW              0


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

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OCTOBER IN BETHEL SAW DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH IN THE LOWER 50S DECLINE INTO THE LOWER 30S BY THE END OF THE MONTH, WITH THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE RECORDING 12 DAYS WHERE THE THERMOMETER DID NOT REACH ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER, THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE DID READ THREE DEGREES ABOVE THE HISTORIC NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH FOR OCTOBER AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE SHOWED EIGHT DEGREES ABOVE THE HISTORIC NORMAL.

THE ONE RECORD SET IN BETHEL IN OCTOBER WAS FOR A DAILY PRECIPITATION MARK OF 0.88 INCHES ON THE 7TH OF THE MONTH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.53 INCHES WAS SET IN 1970. EVEN WITH JUST 12 DAYS RECORDING PRECIPITATION ABOVE 0.01 INCHES OCTOBER WAS AN ABOVE AVERAGE MONTH WITH 2.19 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.54 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

THERE WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL GIVING BETHEL 0.4 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH AND BRINGING THE TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON TO 0.5 INCHES. THE 0.4 INCHES IS WELL SHORT OF THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL OF 4.4 INCHES FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. A TOTAL OF FIVE DAYS SHOWED SOME SNOWFALL DURING THE MONTH, THE LARGEST AMOUNT BEING 0.2 INCHES ON THE 29TH OF THE MONTH.


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TR NOV 12