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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KING SALMON, AK
1159 AM AKDT FRI NOV 2 2012

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...THE KING SALMON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1949 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              67   10/01/1954
 LOW              -12   10/25/1983
HIGHEST            61   10/07        50      11      53  10/04
LOWEST              4                 6      -2      20  10/17
AVG. MAXIMUM       39.4              41.3    -1.9    45.6
AVG. MINIMUM       23.2              25.7    -2.5    29.5
MEAN               31.3              33.5    -2.2    37.6
DAYS MAX >= 90      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX <= 32     15                 5.1     9.9     0
DAYS MAX >= 80      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX >= 70      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     21                19.6     1.4    20
DAYS MIN <= 0       0                 0.7    -0.7     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM           10.96   1998
 MINIMUM            0.03   1997
TOTALS              1.86              2.08   -0.22    3.16
DAILY AVG.          0.06              0.08   -0.02    0.10
DAYS >= .01         8                13.4    -5.4    16
DAYS >= .10         6                 6.9    -0.9    10
DAYS >= .50         1                 0.7     0.3     1
DAYS >= 1.0         0                 0.1    -0.1     0
GREATEST
 24 HR TOTAL        0.86   10/07                      0.91  10/25

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             39.6   1998
 24 HR TOTAL        8.7   10-21-1983
 SNOW DEPTH        10     10-25-1998
TOTALS             11.6               2.8     8.8     6.5
SINCE 7/1          11.6               3.8     7.8     6.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      1                 0       0       0
DAYS >= TRACE       6                 8.2    -2.2     7
DAYS >= 1.0         2                 1.1     0.9     2
DAYS >= 6.0         1                 0.1     0.9     0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         9   10/15                         1  10/31
 24 HR TOTAL      7.2   10/14                       3.4  10/31

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1038               977      61     841
 SINCE 7/1       2361              2112     249    2140
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     40/170    DATE    10/4
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION     48/160    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                      6     GLAZE                       0
DRIZZLE                   0     HAIL                        0
SNOW                      6     HAZE                        0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE       2
BLOWING SNOW              0


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

&&

...COLD AND DRY OCTOBER AT KING SALMON...

KING SALMON ENDED THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WITH COOLER THAN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH WAS 31.3 DEGREES...2.2 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE
NORMAL MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 33.5 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST
RECORDED TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 7TH
WITH 61 DEGREES. THIS ALSO SET A NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE
RECORD FOR THAT DATE...REPLACING THE OLD RECORD OF 55
DEGREES SET IN 2009. TWO OTHER RECORDS WERE ALSO SET FOR
HIGH TEMPERATURES. 58 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON THE 3RD AND
56 DEGREES ON THE 11TH...TYING THE OLD RECORD SET IN 2009.
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS RECORDED ON THE
21ST WITH A COOL 4 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO.

KING SALMON HAD A BLISSFUL 19 DAYS WITH NO PRECIPITATION
IN OCTOBER. MORE THAN A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS
RECORDED ON 8 DAYS OF THE MONTH. THE HIGHEST DAILY AMOUNT
FELL ON THE 7TH WITH 0.86 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS SET A NEW
DAILY RECORD AMOUNT...REPLACING THE OLD RECORD OF 0.71 SET
IN 1949. THE MONTHLY OCTOBER AVERAGE AT KING SALMON IS 2.08
INCHES...0.22 INCHES ABOVE THE 1.86 INCHES RECORDED FOR THE
MONTH. 11.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL DURING THE MONTH...8.8 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST DAILY AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL OCCURRED
ON THE 14TH WITH 7.2 INCHES. THIS REPLACES THE OLD RECORD OF
3.0 INCHES HELD SINCE 1956. THE 13TH ALSO SET A NEW DAILY
RECORD FOR SNOWFALL. 3.9 INCHES FELL ON THE 13TH...REPLACING
THE OLD RECORD OF 1.5 INCHES SET IN 1966.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR OCTOBER WAS 10.1 MPH. THE HIGHEST
SUSTAINED WIND SPEED WAS 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTH...ON THE 4TH.
THE HIGHEST SINGLE WIND GUST OF 48 MPH WAS ALSO REPORTED ON
THE 4TH.

THE ABUNDANCE OF HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH THE LAST HALF OF THE
MONTH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A COOL AND DRY FALL IN KING SALMON.
THE TREND LOOKS TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT MONTH.

$$
FS NOV 12