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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BETHEL, AK
159 PM AKDT SUN JUN 2 2013

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...THE BETHEL AP CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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              80   5/31/1993
 LOW               -5   5/02/1949
HIGHEST            75   5/28         67       8      63  5/30
LOWEST              9                21     -12       9  5/04
AVG. MAXIMUM       44.3              50.5    -6.2    48.5
AVG. MINIMUM       26.4              33.3    -6.9    29.6
MEAN               35.3              41.9    -6.6    39.1
DAYS MAX >= 90      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX <= 32      6                 1.2     4.8     4
DAYS MAX >= 80      0                 0.0    -0.0     0
DAYS MAX >= 70      2                 1.0     1.0     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     20                13.8     6.2    21
DAYS MIN <= 0       0                 0.0     0.0     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM            3.63   2002
 MINIMUM            0.02   1954
TOTALS              0.20              1.14   -0.94    0.49
DAILY AVG.          0.01              0.03   -0.02    0.02
DAYS >= .01         6                11.4    -5.4    10
DAYS >= .10         0                 4.0    -4.0     2
DAYS >= .50         0                 0.1    -0.1     0
DAYS >= 1.0         0                 0.0    -0.0     0
GREATEST
 24 HR TOTAL        0.09   5/20                       0.12  5/02

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL              7.7   1998
 24 HR TOTAL        6.2   5-02-2002
 SNOW DEPTH        20     5-01-1977
TOTALS              0.0               2.1    -2.1     2.7
SINCE 7/1          41.4              61.3   -19.9    85.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                 0       0       0
DAYS >= TRACE       3                 7.5    -4.5     9
DAYS >= 1.0         0                 0.6    -0.6     1
DAYS >= 6.0         0                 0.0    -0.0     0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   5/17                          0  5/12
 24 HR TOTAL        T   5/19                        1.7  5/02

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     912               716     196     795
 SINCE 7/1      13188             12148    1040   13675
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0       0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED               10.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION     28/150    DATE   05/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION     35/150    DATE   05/20

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                     10     GLAZE                       0
DRIZZLE                   0     HAIL                        0
SNOW                      3     HAZE                        2
FOG                      10     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.

&&
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY BETHEL SAW BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS PAST MONTH OF MAY WAS 35.3 DEGREES. WHICH IS
6.7 DEGREES LESS THAN THE NORMAL TEMPERATURE OF 42 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO.

THE MONTHS HIGHEST TEMPERATURE REACHED 75 DEGREES ON THE 28TH. WITH THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE OF 9 DEGREES REACHED FROM ON THE 4TH. A TOTAL OF TWO DAYS SAW
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ABOVE 70 DEGREES WHILE SIX DAYS SAW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
BELOW 32 DEGREES. ON THE 16TH THROUGH 19TH NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE
RECORDED. 16TH...18 DEGREES... 17TH...13 DEGREES... 18TH... 16 DEGREES...  AND
19TH...23 DEGREES.

THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR MAY WAS 0.20 INCHES WHICH IS 0.94 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE OF 1.14.

IN MAY THERE WERE TEN DAYS WHERE PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. THE PRECIPITATION
WAS MOSTLY RAIN. HOWEVER THERE WERE THREE DAYS WHERE RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW
WAS REPORTED. A TOTAL OF A TRACE OF SNOW WAS REPORTED IN MAY WHICH IS 2.1 LESS
THAN THE NORMAL SNOWFALL OF 2.1 INCHES.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH OF MAY WAS 10.1 MPH. THERE WERE
FIFTEEN DAYS WHERE THE TOP SUSTAINED WIND SPEED WAS 20 MPH OR STRONGER. MAY 20TH
RECORDED THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED AND GUSTS OF 28 AND 35 MPH RESPECTIVELY.

IN ADDITION THERE WERE TEN DAYS WHERE FOG WAS REPORTED. THREE OF THOSE DAYS
RECORDED FOG LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN VISIBILITY.

$$
BDW JUN 13