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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
931 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2023

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...THE KETCHIKAN  CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1910 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             96   06/25/1913
 LOW              -7   01/23/1916
HIGHEST           78   07/27
LOWEST             3   12/21

AVG. MAXIMUM    51.7               51.3     0.4
AVG. MINIMUM    40.7               40.8    -0.1
MEAN            46.2               46.0     0.2     45.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    16               11.5     4.5       23
DAYS MIN <= 32    69               81.5   -12.5      100
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.2    -0.2        2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM      196.03   2005
 MINIMUM       88.45   1995
TOTALS        154.38             149.54    4.84   142.96
DAILY AVG.      0.42               0.41    0.01
DAYS >= .01      203              232.6   -29.6      248
DAYS >= .10      158              177.0   -19.0      177
DAYS >= .50       84               95.1   -11.1       90
DAYS >= 1.00      50               50.0     0.0       42
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   4.51
 STORM TOTAL    3.97
 (MM/DD(HH))


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   6780               6917    -137     7228
 SINCE 7/1      2916               2962     -46
COOLING TOTAL     27                 16      11       28
 SINCE 1/1        27                 16      11

FREEZE DATES
EARLIEST                        10/31
LATEST                          04/29
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/130    DATE  03/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    59/140    DATE  11/23


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              1     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN               36     RAIN                     126
LIGHT RAIN              243     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          3     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       4
LIGHT SNOW               25     SLEET                      0
FOG                     239     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     32
HAZE                     19

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

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...ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHEAST
ALASKA FOR 2022...

THE OVER-ARCHING THEME FOR THE YEAR 2022 WAS THE
PRECIPITATION...ABOVE NORMAL FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND A
RECORD WET YEAR FOR JUNEAU. WHILE JUNEAU AIRPORT DID SEE A RECORD
WET YEAR WITH 88.31 INCHES OF RAIN AND MELTED SNOW, OR 31.83% MORE
THAN NORMAL. THIS, HOWEVER, PALES IN COMPARISON TO LITTLE PORT
WALTER, KNOWN TO BE THE WETTEST LOCATION IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA, WITH
253.54 INCHES FOR THE YEAR. STILL, THAT DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO THE
RECORD YEAR OF 1987 WHEN LITTLE PORT WALTER SAW OVER 292 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION. A QUICK CHECK OF DATA IN XMACIS REVEALS THAT NO LESS
THAN 9 LOCATIONS AROUND SOUTHEAST ALASKA WITH CLIMATE DATA FOR 17
YEAR OR MORE SAW A RECORD WET YEAR IN 2022.

ANNUAL SNOWFALL WAS LACKLUSTER, HOWEVER. OF THE SITES WE STILL HAVE
SNOW DATA FOR, ONLY GUSTAVUS AND LENA POINT FINISHED THE PREVIOUS
SNOW SEASON (2021-2022) ABOVE NORMAL AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.
OTHER SITES WRAPPED UP THE 2021-2022 SNOW SEASON AT OR BELOW NORMAL
WITH CRAIG VERY CLOSE TO A RECORD LOW SNOW SEASON. THE PRESENT SNOW
SEASON OF 2022-2023 GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AND ALL SITES FINISHED
THE YEAR BELOW NORMAL. WINNERS FOR 2022 INCLUDED HYDER AND ANNEX
CREEK, EACH WITH MORE THAN 205 INCHES OF SNOW.

AS MIGHT BE INFERRED FROM THE SNOW DATA, 2023 WAS UNIFORMLY ABOVE
NORMAL WITH REGARD TO TEMPERATURES. THE ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
AT THE 4 CLIMATE SITES RANGED FROM 0.2 DEGREES WARMER IN KETCHIKAN
TO 1.4 DEGREES WARMER IN SITKA. IN SPITE OF THE WARMER THAN NORMAL
YEAR, ONLY HOONAH REACHED 90 DEGREES OR MORE, WITH A DAYTIME HIGH OF
93 BEING RECORDED ON THE 4TH OF JULY AT THE HOONAH AIRPORT. MANY
SITES SAW 80 TO 89 DEGREES AS THEIR WARMEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR
WITH ABOUT HALF AS MANY NOT GETTING PAST 79 DEGREES. FOR SITES NEAR
SEA LEVEL, THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED WAS AT THE JUNEAU
FORECAST OFFICE WHEN THE OVERNIGHT LOW GOT DOWN TO -18 DEGREES ON
THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 6TH. IN TERMS OF THE HIGHEST MEAN TEMPERATURE
(THE AVERAGE OF THE DAILY HIGHS AND OVERNIGHT LOWS), SITKA AND ELFIN
COVE BOTH TURNED IN VALUES RIGHT AROUND 47 DEGREES. YAKUTAT,
GUSTAVUS, AND THE JUNEAU FORECAST OFFICE TURNED IN SUBSTANTIALLY
COOLER NUMBERS, RANGING FROM BETWEEN 40.0 AND 40.9 DEGREES. AT THE 4
PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES, RECORD WARM DAYS WERE RECORDED IN JUNE, JULY,
AND OCTOBER. IN SPITE OF THE WARMER-THAN-NORMAL YEAR, RECORD COLD
NIGHTS WERE ALSO RECORDED - IN EARLY JANUARY, MID APRIL, AND MID
DECEMBER.

FRITSCH

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