KING SALMON, ALASKA
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

LATITUDE: 58 Deg. 41 Min. N LONGITUDE: 156 Deg. 39 Min. W ELEVATION: FT. GRND 49 BARO 46 TIME ZONE: ALASKA WBAN: 25503

(a)
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
YEAR
TEMPERATURE (Deg. F)
Normals
-Daily Maximum
-Daily Minimum
-Monthly
Extremes
-Record Highest
-Year
-Record Lowest
-Year






53

53



22.1
7.6
14.9

53
1963
-48
1989


22.9
6.7
14.8

57
1991
-41
1993


30.7
14.1
22.4

56
1943
-42
1971


39.0
23.4
31.2

65
1948
-15
1985


50.9
33.9
42.4

79
1993
4
1945


58.6
41.4
50.0

88
1953
29
1987


63.0
46.4
54.7

86
1951
33
1993


61.4
46.4
53.9

84
1968
25
1984


54.7
39.7
47.2

74
1974
15
1983


39.7
25.1
32.4

67
1954
-12
1983


29.6
15.0
22.3

56
1986
-28
1988


23.4
8.3
15.9

48
1970
-38
1942


41.3
25.7
33.5

88
JUN 1953
-48
JAN 1989
NORMAL DEGREE DAYS
Heating (base 65 Deg. F)
Cooling (base 65 Deg. F)




1553
0

1406
0

1321
0

1014
0

701
0

450
0

319
0

344
0

534
0

1011
0

1281
0

1522
0

11456
0
% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE














MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)
Sunrise - Sunset
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:
Sunrise to Sunset
-Clear
-Partly Cloudy
-Cloudy
Precipitation
.01 inches or more
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
1.0 inches or more
Thunderstorms
Heavy Fog Visibility
1/4 mile or less
Temperature Deg. F
-Maximum
70 Deg. F and above
32 Deg. F and below
-Minimum
32 Deg. F and below
0 Deg. F and below

40


40
40
40

50

46
40

40


32
32

32
32

6.8


7.5
5.2
18.3

10.8

2.8
0.0

2.5


0.0
18.6

28.0
11.0

6.6


7.5
5.0
15.8

9.4

2.1
0.0

1.4


0.0
16.6

25.6
11.7

6.7


7.4
5.6
18.0

11.0

2.7
0.0

1.6


0.0
12.5

27.2
6.2

7.6


3.8
6.4
19.7

10.5

1.6
0.0

1.7


0.0
5.0

24.4
1.1

8.1


2.5
6.0
22.5

12.3

0.3
0.2

2.4


0.7
0.3

11.1
0.0

8.5


1.1
5.2
23.7

13.1

0.*
0.4

3.1


2.1
0.0

0.4
0.0

8.6


1.1
4.8
25.1

14.6

0.0
0.4

4.6


5.7
0.0

0.0
0.0

8.6


1.1
5.2
24.7

17.2

0.0
0.2

4.3


3.7
0.0

0.4
0.0

8.3


1.7
5.9
22.4

16.5

0.0
0.1

2.7


0.2
0.0

5.2
0.0

7.5


4.2
7.0
19.8

13.5

1.1
0.*

2.5


0.0
6.2

21.4
0.8

7.2


6.0
5.2
18.9

11.9

2.3
0.1

3.3


0.0
14.9

25.7
5.4

7.1


6.4
5.6
19.0

12.3

3.0
0.*

2.8


0.0
17.3

28.1
11.0

7.6


50.3
66.9
248.0

153.1

15.9
1.4

33.0


12.5
91.2

197.5
47.1
AV. STATION PRES. (mb)
23
999.7
1003.2
1002.7
1005.2
1006.2
1009.4
1011.8
1010.1
1004.8
1001.0
1000.4
999.1
1004.5
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Hour 04
Hour 10 (Local Time)
Hour 16
Hour 22

47
47
47
47

78
78
76
78

77
77
71
76

79
78
67
76

81
77
62
74

83
73
57
69

87
77
59
70

90
83
64
75

89
86
67
50

87
86
66
80

85
85
69
81

83
83
77
82

78
78
77
79

83
80
68
77
PRECIPITATION (in.)
Water Equivalent
-Normal
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Minimum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year



53

53

53


46

46



1.05
3.02
1957
0.16
1959
1.08
1987

30.6
1993
18.6
1993


0.81
3.00
1943
0.11
1973
1.29
1969

20.3
1990
9.3
1962


1.07
2.41
1967
0.04
1960
1.03
1953

20.0
1977
11.0
1981


1.13
2.99
1963
T
1948
1.41
1963

16.0
1968
4.5
1971


1.34
2.95
1988
0.11
1948
0.98
1977

6.1
1985
3.8
1985


1.58
3.78
1950
0.00
1948
0.92
1994

1.3
1972
1.2
1972


2.23
5.08
1990
0.32
1951
1.28
1986

0.0

0.0



2.95
6.44
1953
1.05
1975
2.00
1963

0.0

0.0



2.74
7.30
1961
0.89
1984
1.69
1960

0.6
1956
0.6
1956


2.07
6.35
1946
0.20
1959
1.77
1977

15.7
1990
8.7
1990


1.48
3.35
1985
T
1963
1.56
1985

17.9
1994
8.6
1948


1.37
3.65
1978
0.12
1958
1.17
1978

28.4
1993
8.5
1990


19.82
7.30
SEP 1961
0.00
JUN 1948
2.00
AUG 1963

30.6
JAN 1993
18.6
JAN 1993
WIND
Mean Speed (mph)
Prevailing Direction
through 1964
Fastest Mile
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Year
Peak Gust
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Date

40



34



16
16


10.6

N

09
48
1962

E
69
1992

11.2

N

14
53
1969

E
69
1994

11.5

N

09
69
1965

E
62
1993

11.0

NNW

16
46
1960

S
59
1995

11.2

S

09
48
1971

S
63
1985

10.8

SW

14
46
1970

E
58
1987

9.9

S

08
49
1966

E
47
1982

10.2

S

08
46
1964

SW
56
1980

10.7

S

09
62
1958

E
71
1994

10.4

N

14
53
1963

E
67
1991

10.6

N

09
71
1958

E
67
1983

10.5

N

09
55
1963

E
66
1986

10.7

N

09
71
NOV 1958

E
71
SEP 1994
(a) - Length of Record in Years, although individual months may be missing.
0.* or * - The value is between 0.0 and 0.05.
Normals - Based on the 1961 - 1990 record period.
Extremes - Dates are the most recent occurrence.
Wind Dir.- Numerals show tens of degrees clockwise from true north. "00" indicates calm.
Resultant Directions are given to whole degrees.