Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
579 CXAK57 PAJK 030117 CLMYAK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 325 PM AKDT TUE JUL 02 2024 ................................... ...THE YAKUTAT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1917 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 87 06/27/2019 06/10/1995 LOW 29 06/04/1971 HIGHEST 78 06/08 70 8 LOWEST 36 06/13 35 1 AVG. MAXIMUM 60.0 58.8 1.2 AVG. MINIMUM 47.2 45.0 2.2 MEAN 53.6 51.9 1.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.34 1987 MINIMUM 0.67 1936 TOTALS 2.29 5.41 -3.12 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.18 -0.10 DAYS >= .01 11 16.5 -5.5 DAYS >= .10 3 10.2 -7.2 DAYS >= .50 2 3.4 -1.4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.74 06/05 TO 06/06 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 336 393 -57 SINCE 7/1 8072 8708 -636 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 FREEZE DATES EARLIEST 09/25 09/25 LATEST 05/02 05/07 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/120 DATE 06/01 23/100 06/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 34/120 DATE 06/05 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ...WARM AND DRY SUMS UP THE MONTH OF JUNE... THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT PASSED OVER THE NORTHERN INNER CHANNEL AREA ON THE 4TH RESULTED IN THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT FROM HAINES AREA DOWN THROUGH STEPHENS PASSAGE AND OVER TO ICY STRAIT AND GLACIER BAY AREA. JUNEAU AREA HAD REPORTS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH, WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS RECORDED AT THE JUNEAU AIRPORT. THE AMHS FERRY THE KENNICOTT REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH WIND GUSTS OF 43 MPH IN FAVORITE CHANNEL. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WAS THE MAIN THEME FOR THE MONTH FOR MUCH OF THE PANHANDLE. THE EXCEPTION WAS THE SOUTHERN AREA WHERE THEY HAD MORE CLOUDS AND THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ENDED THE MONTH NEAR NORMAL AT 55 DEGREES. ON JUNE 8TH TWO LONG STANDING RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE REACHED OR SURPASSED AT SITKA AND YAKUTAT AIRPORT. SITKA BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71 DEGREES SET IN 1950 REACHING 72 DEGREES. YAKUTAT TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 78 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1947. ALTHOUGH A WARMER THAN NORMAL MONTH, THOSE WERE THE ONLY DAILY RECORDS REACHED DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE FOR THE 4 CLIMATE SITES OF YAKUTAT, SITKA, JUNEAU AND KETCHIKAN. THE EXTENDED DAYS OF WARM TEMPERATURES RESULTED IN RISING RIVER LEVELS DUE TO SNOW MELT FOR AREAS OF THE CHILKAT RIVER NEAR SKAGWAY. ON JUNE 16TH AN ADVISORY WAS ISSUED AND WAS EXTENDED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH AND CONTINUED INTO JULY. KETCHIKAN LEAD FOR THE WETTEST CLIMATE SITE WITH ALMOST 5 AND A HALF INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FALLING. ON THE OTHER HAND SITKA HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WITH ONLY 1.31" MEASURED. BOTH SITES WERE AROUND 1.5" BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. YAKUTAT FINISHED BEING THE DRIEST STATION WITH NEARLY 3" BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FALLING WITH ONLY 2.29" MEASURED. INTERESTINGLY, JUST OVER HALF OF THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FELL IN ONE DAY. 1.15" WAS COLLECTED ON THE 5TH, WHILE ANOTHER 0.69" FELL ON THE NEXT DAY. AT THE MID MARK FOR THE YEAR KETCHIKAN, YAKUTAT AND SITKA ARE ALL BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS RANGING FROM NEARLY 14" IN KETCHIKAN TO ALMOST 2" IN SITKA. IN CONTRAST, JUNEAU IS RUNNING JUST OVER 5" ABOVE NORMAL. DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR THE PETERSBURG, WRANGELL AND PRINCE OF WALES AREA WERE ISSUED ON THE 7TH, WITH ONLY THE PETERSBURG AREA DEVELOPING DENSE FOG ON THE 30TH. VAUGHAN/CHAMBERS $$