Weather Service Report


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CDAK48 PAMC 061037
CLIMCG

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MCGRATH, AK
237 AM AKDT WED MAY 6 2009

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...THE MCGRATH AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2009... 

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD  1971 TO  2000 
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD  1940 TO  2009 

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME    RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST 
               VALUE    (LST)   VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR 
                                                   NORMAL 
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TEMPERATURE 
YESTERDAY 
 MAXIMUM            45  0633 PM    65  1997     51      -6     56 
 MINIMUM            31  0512 AM    -1  1949     30       1     31 
 AVERAGE            38                          41      -3     44 

PRECIPITATION 
(INCHES) 
 YESTERDAY        0.00           0.30  2002   0.03   -0.03   0.00 
 MONTH TO DATE    0.00                        0.15   -0.15      T 
 SINCE MAR 1      2.77                        1.62    1.15   2.30 
 SINCE JAN 1      6.45                        3.40    3.05   3.61 

SNOWFALL 
(INCHES) 
 YESTERDAY         0.0            2.6  1958    0.1    -0.1    0.0 
 MONTH TO DATE     0.0                                        0.0 
 SINCE MAR 1      34.6                                       19.7 
 SINCE JUL 1     138.8                                         MM 
 SNOW DEPTH (IN)     0                                          8 

DEGREE DAYS 
 HEATING 
  YESTERDAY         27                          24       3     21 
  MONTH TO DATE    107                         127     -20    125 
  SINCE MAR 1     2989                        2858     131   2877 
  SINCE JUL 1    13752                       13175     577  12644 

 COOLING 
  YESTERDAY          0                           0       0      0 
  MONTH TO DATE      0                           0       0      0 
  SINCE MAR 1        0                           0       0      0 
  SINCE JAN 1        0                           0       0      0 
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WIND (MPH) 
 HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16     HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    350      
 HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21     HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    340 
 AVERAGE WIND SPEED   4.9 

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE    MM          AVERAGE SKY COVER     MM
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS 
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. 
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 HIGHEST RH     MM PERCENT       MM
 LOWEST  RH     MM PERCENT       MM
 AVERAGE RH     MM PERCENT       MM
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THE MCGRATH AIRPORT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY 
                           NORMAL    RECORD   YEAR 
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)     52        66     2004 
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)     31         5     1949 

SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
 MAY 6 2009..........SUNRISE  5:46 AM    SUNSET 10:55 PM 
 MAY 7 2009..........SUNRISE  5:43 AM    SUNSET 10:58 PM 

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD HAS BEEN SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE OF PRECIPITATION.

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AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY  (HOUR:MIN)........17 HOURS 9 MINUTES
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....+0:06:06

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*** MAY 09

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