STATION: KING SALMON AIRPORT (PAKN), AK
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY. Period of Record: Jul 1996 to Dec 2008
Summaries based on unedited daily ASOS data. Errors may be present.
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TEMPERATURE (F) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Avg Max Temp | 21.7 30.8 31.1 43.1 54.1 61.9 64.1 63.4 55.8 41.9 31.4 24.5 | 43.6
Avg Min Temp | 5.7 14.9 13.4 25.1 34.0 42.0 47.6 46.5 39.4 25.9 16.6 8.0 | 26.6
Avg Temperature | 13.7 22.9 22.2 34.1 44.1 52.0 55.8 54.9 47.6 33.9 24.0 16.3 | 35.1
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 53 49 52 69 85 83 84 83 71 59 53 50 | 85
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Date of Ext-Day | 30 28 14 30 26 28 04 08 04 02 03 01 |
-Year| 2007 2003 2005 2005 2006 1997 1997 2003 2002 2003 2002 2007 |
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Extreme Min Temp| -44 -43 -27 -13 15 27 34 31 15 -9 -27 -38 | -44
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Date of Ext-Day | 28 02 24 01 04 05 08 09 22 30 24 19 |
-Year| 2006 2006 2007 2005 2001 2006 2001 2008 2003 2001 2005 2001 |
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Heating Degree Days | 1591 1191 1326 927 649 391 285 313 522 965 1230 1512 | 10902
Cooling Degree Days | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Max Temp >= 90 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
Max Temp >= 75 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.3 2.5 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 6.2
Max Temp <= 32 | 18.9 10.9 14.7 3.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 14.0 17.8 | 84.7
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Min Temp <= 32 | 28.3 24.4 28.1 24.7 12.1 1.0 0.0 0.2 6.1 21.2 25.2 27.9 | 199.0
Min Temp <= 20 | 21.4 15.0 18.7 8.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 9.0 16.6 20.7 | 109.8
Min Temp <= 0 | 11.8 6.1 7.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 5.0 10.5 | 41.4
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Avg Dew Point Temp | 11.7 18.4 14.0 25.9 33.9 42.7 48.5 48.5 41.9 29.7 19.7 13.7 | 29.1
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | 15.2 21.8 19.6 30.9 39.5 47.2 51.6 51.4 44.9 32.9 22.9 17.0 | 32.9
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.38 30.20 30.20 30.17 30.00 30.00 29.92 29.99 30.03 30.07 30.15 30.36 | 30.12
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WEATHER | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Thunderstorms | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 1.0
Heavy Fog | 0.9 1.1 1.2 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.2 1.5 1.9 1.8 | 22.5
Fog | 10.6 11.1 9.4 12.2 10.8 12.0 14.5 15.1 13.0 12.3 11.5 12.7 | 145.3
Hail | 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 | 1.0
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PRECIPITATION (In) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Average Monthly | 0.91 0.71 0.44 1.05 1.33 1.81 2.26 3.07 3.70 2.37 1.27 1.22 | 20.14
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Maximum Daily | 0.63 0.54 0.26 0.62 0.72 1.30 0.82 1.14 1.04 1.31 1.00 0.61 | 1.31
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Date of Ext-Day | 17 11 02 16 29 24 23 20 29 09 01 26 |
-Year| 2002 2006 2006 2006 1999 2004 2003 2002 2004 2008 1998 2004 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 9.2 9.2 7.1 10.9 12.0 15.0 16.4 16.9 19.1 14.8 11.9 11.4 | 153.9
>= 0.10 | 3.1 2.2 1.7 3.9 5.2 5.6 7.1 9.3 11.8 7.0 4.2 4.1 | 65.3
>= 0.25 | 1.1 0.5 0.1 1.0 1.3 2.2 2.6 4.3 5.5 3.5 1.1 1.5 | 24.7
>= 0.50 | 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 | 6.3
>= 1.00 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 | 0.6
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WIND (MPH) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Daily Avg Wind Speed| 8.9 9.5 9.7 9.7 8.9 8.2 8.2 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.5 | 8.8
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 18.1 19.1 19.0 20.1 18.7 17.6 16.4 16.7 17.8 17.4 17.7 18.1 | 18.1
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 23.2 24.8 24.6 25.7 24.1 22.2 20.8 21.2 23.1 22.6 23.1 23.0 | 23.2
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Maximum Daily Avg | 34.7 26.0 23.6 21.9 31.7 23.7 21.9 24.3 20.7 24.9 22.4 24.9 | 34.7
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 53 67 43 46 55 40 36 37 44 53 41 45 | 67
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 23 02 02 02 23 25 09 02 24 09 08 03 |
-Year| 2000 2000 2003 2001 2008 2008 2008 2000 1998 2006 2007 2008 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 62 76 56 55 69 56 43 50 56 66 56 60 | 76
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 22 02 12 02 23 25 09 09 27 09 05 03 |
-Year| 1999 2000 2003 2001 2008 2008 2008 1997 2005 2006 2002 2008 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 8.2 8.2 8.4 9.4 5.6 4.0 3.3 4.4 6.1 6.1 7.9 8.2 | 80.0
Peak Gust >=40 | 3.0 3.3 1.9 2.1 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.3 1.4 2.6 3.3 | 21.8
Peak Gust >=50 | 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.6 | 4.8
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 3.2 3.5 2.5 3.0 1.3 1.2 0.8 1.1 2.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 | 23.6
Max 2-Minute >=40| 0.5 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 | 3.0
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Observations of WEATHER may me innacurate due to early ASOS inconsistancies. Average days
with Thunderstorms may be low due to early mis-detection.
Heavy Fog = Visibility less than or equal to 1/4 mile.
Fog = Visibility greater than 1/4 mile or less than 7 miles.
Peak Gust = Maximum 5-second average.
Snowfall data not observed at ASOS stations.
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