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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KING SALMON, AK
1045 AM AKST FRI MAR 1 2013

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...THE KING SALMON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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              57   2/27/1991
 LOW              -43   2/02/2006
HIGHEST            43   2/03         41       2      42  2/07
LOWEST            -14               -18       4     -31  2/03
AVG. MAXIMUM       30.8              26.8     4.0    31.1
AVG. MINIMUM       15.3              10.9     4.4    17.4
MEAN               23.0              18.8     4.2    24.2
DAYS MAX >= 90      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX <= 32     14                13.0     1.0     9
DAYS MAX >= 80      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX >= 70      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     26                23.0     3.0    23
DAYS MIN <= 0       3                 8.3    -5.3     6

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM            2.80   1955
 MINIMUM            0.11   1973
TOTALS              1.93              0.76    1.17    1.12
DAILY AVG.          0.07              0.03    0.04    0.04
DAYS >= .01        18                 8.4     9.6    14
DAYS >= .10         7                 2.1     4.9     5
DAYS >= .50         0                 0.2    -0.2     0
DAYS >= 1.0         0                 0.0     0.0     0
GREATEST
 24 HR TOTAL        0.29   2/07                       0.29  2/26

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             27.9   2013
 24 HR TOTAL        7.9   2-24-1969
 SNOW DEPTH        19     2-04-1956
TOTALS             27.9               5.9    22.0    13.0
SINCE 7/1          62.4              35.3    27.1    57.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      4                 2       2       1
DAYS >= TRACE      21                11.8     9.2    19
DAYS >= 1.0        12                 1.9    10.1     5
DAYS >= 6.0         0                 0.0    -0.0     0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        10   2/22                          6  2/03
 24 HR TOTAL      5.7   2/19                        2.5  2/26

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1235              1292     -57    1174
 SINCE 7/1       7921              7618     303    8476
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0       0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED                9.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION     33/090    DATE   02/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION     49/090    DATE    02/9

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                      9     GLAZE                       0
DRIZZLE                   0     HAIL                        0
SNOW                     18     HAZE                        1
FOG                      22     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.

&&

...WARM & RECORD SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY AT KING SALMON ALASKA...

TEMPERATURES FOR THE KING SALMON AREA WERE ONCE AGAIN HIGHER
THAN AVERAGE...MAKING A VERY MILD START FOR THE YEAR 2013. THE
AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE OF 23.0 DEGREES WAS 4.2 DEGREES ABOVE
THE MONTHLY NORMAL TEMPERATURE OF 18.8 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE
HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 30.8 DEGREES...4.0 ABOVE NORMAL. THE
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 15.3 WAS 4.4 ABOVE NORMAL. THE
HIGHEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 3RD
WITH 43 DEGREES. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS -14...
ON THE 18TH.

FEBRUARY WAS A VERY WET MONTH. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR
THE MONTH WAS 1.93 INCHES...1.17 ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE OF
0.76. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON
THE 11TH & 12TH WITH 0.42 INCHES. KING SALMON RECEIVED AN
AMAZING 27.9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...MAKING IT
THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. 27.9 INCHES OF SNOW IS 22.0
INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL MONTHLY AMOUNT OF 5.9 INCHES. THE OLD
MONTHLY RECORD SNOWFALL OCCURRED IN 1990 WITH 20.3 INCHES. THE
GREATEST DAILY AMOUNT OF SNOW FELL ON THE 19TH WITH 5.7 INCHES.
THE HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH RECORDED WAS 10 INCHES...ON THE 22ND.
3 DAYS OF THE MONTH HAD RECORD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. THE 7TH...WITH
2.9 INCHES REPLACES THE OLD RECORD OF 2.6 INCHES IN 1966. 3.5
INCHES WAS RECORDED ON THE 12TH...REPLACING THE OLD RECORD OF
1.8 INCHES FROM 2006. 5.7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ON THE 19TH...
REPLACING THE OLD RECORD OF 3.1 INCHES FROM 1964.

FEBRUARY ENDED AT KING SALMON WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF
9.0 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OCCURRED ON THE 19TH
WITH AN EASTERLY WIND SPEED OF 33 MPH. THE GREATEST SINGLE WIND
GUST MEASURED FOR THE MONTH WAS 49 MPH...MEASURED ON THE 9TH.

$$
FS MAR 13