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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNETTE, AK
119 PM AKDT SAT MAY 4 2013

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...THE ANNETTE WSO AP CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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              82   4/29/1976
 LOW               21   4/03/1954
HIGHEST            58   4/23         64      -6      62  4/09
LOWEST             30                30       0      30  4/06
AVG. MAXIMUM       49.7              50.2    -0.5    51.4
AVG. MINIMUM       36.5              38.3    -1.8    38.1
MEAN               43.1              44.2    -1.1    44.7
DAYS MAX >= 90      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX >= 80      0                 0.0     0.0     0
DAYS MAX >= 70      0                 0.4    -0.4     0
DAYS MIN <= 32      5                 3.1     1.9     6
DAYS MIN <= 0       0                 0.0     0.0     0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM           21.35   1949
 MINIMUM            1.23   1948
TOTALS              6.56              6.77   -0.21    4.52
DAILY AVG.          0.22              0.22    0.00    0.15
DAYS >= .01        16                18.8    -2.8    19
DAYS >= .10        11                12.7    -1.7    13
DAYS >= .50         6                 4.8     1.2     3
DAYS >= 1.0         3                 1.6     1.4     0
GREATEST
 24 HR TOTAL        1.06   4/12                       0.93  4/02

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             22.2   1971
 24 HR TOTAL       14.0   4-01-1971
 SNOW DEPTH         4     4-02-1996
TOTALS              0.0               1.4    -1.4     0.8
SINCE 7/1          12.8              33.2   -20.4    50.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                 0       0       0
DAYS >= TRACE       1                 3.4    -2.4     1
DAYS >= 1.0         0                 0.5    -0.5     0
DAYS >= 6.0         0                 0.0     0.0     0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                            0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL        T   4/12                        0.8  4/01

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     650               623      27     600
 SINCE 7/1       5988              5945      43    6336
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0       0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED                6.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION     38/140    DATE    04/9
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION     63/140    DATE    04/9

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                     19     GLAZE                       0
DRIZZLE                   0     HAIL                        0
SNOW                      0     HAZE                        0
FOG                      17     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE       0
BLOWING SNOW              0


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

&&

...A FAIRLY AVERAGE APRIL FOR ANNETTE ISLAND, ALASKA...

THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR ANNETTE IS 44.2 DEGREES.
THIS APRIL ANNETTE WAS ALMOST THERE WITH AN AVERAGE HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 43.1 DEGREES. THE WARMEST DAYS WERE THE
15TH AND THE 23RD WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE ON BOTH DAYS
OF 58 DEGREES.

THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION FOR ANNETTE IS 6.77 INCHES.
ANNETTE RECEIVED JUST A FRACTION UNDER THAT WITH 6.56
INCHES. THERE WAS ONLY ONE DAY IN APRIL THAT ANNETTE
REPORTED SNOW. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED ON THE
12TH.

THERE WERE QUITE A FEW WINDY DAYS HERE IN PARADISE.
THE SINGLE HIGHEST GUST OF 63 MILES PER HOUR WAS
RECORDED ON THE 9TH.

KETCHIKAN ON THE OTHER HAND WAS A BIT DRYER THAN NORMAL.
THEIR TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 1.85 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION FOR KETCHIKAN IN APRIL
IS 9.38 INCHES. THEY RECORDED 7.53 INCHES.

$$
PJ MAY 13