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CXAK57 PAJK 040703
CLMASI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
828 PM AKST SUN MAR 03 2024
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..THE SITKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1944 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 61 02/27/1968
LOW -1 02/17/1948
02/16/1948
HIGHEST 53 02/16 50 3
02/17
LOWEST 23 02/26 19 4
AVG. MAXIMUM 42.4 41.2 1.2
AVG. MINIMUM 33.8 32.1 1.7
MEAN 38.1 36.7 1.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32 1 1.3 -0.3
DAYS MIN <= 32 14 14.0 0.0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 15.56 1964
MINIMUM 0.23 1989
TOTALS 3.75 5.93 -2.18
DAILY AVG. 0.13 NAN NAN
DAYS >= .01 16 16.9 -0.9
DAYS >= .10 9 11.6 -2.6
DAYS >= .50 2 3.6 -1.6
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.2 -0.2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.29 02/22 TO 02/23
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 772 794 -22
SINCE 7/1 3997 4763 -766
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0
FREEZE DATES
EARLIEST 10/08
LATEST 03/14
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/100 DATE 02/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/110 DATE 02/27
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1
HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 3
LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 3
FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 14
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
...TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL AND PRECIPITATION BELOW NORMAL FOR ALL
OF SE AK FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY...
THE MONTH WAS DOMINATED BY A COMBINATION OF NORTHEASTERLY OUTFLOW
WIND REGIMES FROM STRONG AREAS OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE
NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA / CANADIAN YUKON REGION THAT BROUGHT DRY
AND MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS TO THE REGION AND MAINLY WEAK TO AVERAGE
FRONTAL SYSTEMS THAT APPROACHED THE PANHANDLE THAT BROUGHT MOSTLY
LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION ON AVERAGE TO THE AREA. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS VERY NEAR NORMAL FOR ALL 4 CLIMATE
SITES. ALL OF THE SITES WERE APPRECIABLY BELOW NORMAL IN TERMS OF
TOTAL MONTHLY LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION. THE VALUES RANGED
FROM 1.4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR JUNEAU AIRPORT TO 7.55 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL FOR THE KETCHIKAN AIRPORT WITH THE OTHER 2 SITES HAVING THEIR
BELOW NORMAL MAGNITUDES IN BETWEEN THOSE 2 VALUES.
ON THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY, THE JUNEAU AIRPORT BROKE ITS DAILY SNOW
ACCUMULATION TOTAL RECORD WITH 7.0 INCHES, WHICH EXCEEDED THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 6.5 INCHES SET ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1961. ON THE
16TH OF THE MONTH, THE KETCHIKAN AIRPORT BROKE ITS RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE WITH 55 DEGREES, WHICH EXCEEDED THE OLD RECORD OF 54
DEGREES SET ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1964. ON THAT SAME DAY, THE YAKUTAT
AIRPORT BROKE ITS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WITH 48 DEGREES, WHICH
EXCEEDED ITS OLD RECORD OF 47 DEGREES SET IN BOTH 2015 AND 2016.
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