STATION: CATALINA AIRPORT (KAVX), CA
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY. Period of Record: Jun 2000 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 | 60.2 59.6 62.0 62.4 67.1 71.6 77.5 77.8 76.8 70.4 65.7 60.1 | 67.6
Avg Min Temp | 49.1 48.7 49.3 49.1 52.8 55.8 59.9 61.2 60.1 55.4 53.5 49.2 | 53.7
Avg Temperature | 54.7 54.1 55.7 55.7 59.9 63.7 68.7 69.5 68.5 62.9 59.6 54.6 | 60.6
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 85 81 88 92 96 101 100 95 99 96 87 80 | 101
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Date of Ext-Day | 31 04 12 27 17 21 22 10 01 01 06 01 |
-Year| 2003 2001 2007 2004 2008 2008 2006 2002 2007 2008 2006 2008 |
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Extreme Min Temp| 39 38 37 42 45 49 50 53 51 49 37 39 | 37
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Date of Ext-Day | 29 13 11 09 01 09 05 04 25 30 05 13 |
-Year| 2002 2001 2006 2001 2002 2007 2005 2001 2005 2000 2000 2001 |
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Heating Degree Days | 331 319 307 298 204 110 35 25 48 147 197 326 | 2349
Cooling Degree Days | 11 12 17 21 44 64 148 163 137 55 37 5 | 713
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Max Temp >= 90 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.9 3.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 | 10.1
Max Temp >= 75 | 1.8 2.3 3.4 3.4 6.7 9.7 18.8 18.6 16.6 11.2 5.5 1.0 | 98.7
Max Temp <= 32 | 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
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Min Temp <= 32 | 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
Min Temp <= 20 | 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
Min Temp <= 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 | 0.0
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Avg Dew Point Temp | 35.3 37.5 40.3 43.0 47.9 50.9 53.1 51.9 48.0 44.7 39.8 36.0 | 44.0
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | 46.0 46.5 48.2 49.1 53.2 56.4 59.7 59.5 57.4 53.7 50.1 46.4 | 52.2
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.09 30.05 30.02 30.00 29.93 29.89 29.90 29.89 29.87 29.94 30.03 30.09 | 29.98
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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 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 | 2.1
Heavy Fog | 8.8 10.7 14.9 12.9 17.0 16.1 13.3 10.7 9.7 12.9 8.6 10.0 | 145.7
Fog | 12.3 13.9 17.9 19.1 20.0 19.3 15.9 13.7 12.8 16.9 11.3 12.8 | 186.0
Hail | 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
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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 | 2.48 3.15 1.41 0.65 0.36 0.14 0.03 0.03 0.06 0.66 1.00 2.30 | 12.25
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Maximum Daily | 1.82 2.28 3.02 1.08 0.55 0.11 0.02 0.02 0.16 1.34 0.89 4.44 | 4.44
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Date of Ext-Day | 09 11 15 28 22 09 30 19 28 26 30 28 |
-Year| 2005 2005 2003 2005 2006 2002 2003 2002 2002 2004 2007 2004 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 7.8 9.5 7.8 7.9 8.5 7.2 2.5 2.3 2.7 6.0 7.0 9.8 | 79.0
>= 0.10 | 3.9 4.9 2.4 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.4 2.2 3.7 | 20.4
>= 0.25 | 2.6 3.4 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 1.9 | 12.6
>= 0.50 | 1.8 2.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2 | 7.6
>= 1.00 | 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 | 2.8
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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| 8.0 8.6 8.4 8.4 6.7 5.5 5.0 5.3 6.3 6.7 7.1 7.9 | 7.0
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 17.0 18.2 17.3 17.2 14.7 12.9 12.6 12.2 13.5 14.8 15.7 17.1 | 15.3
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 21.1 22.4 21.2 20.7 17.7 15.5 15.1 14.6 16.2 17.9 19.1 21.1 | 18.5
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Maximum Daily Avg | 21.0 23.5 22.6 23.0 15.8 14.4 10.9 11.5 16.8 21.2 20.1 22.7 | 23.5
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 43 43 36 35 29 33 22 22 30 41 46 46 | 46
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 27 21 16 08 09 06 22 27 21 21 24 28 |
-Year| 2008 2005 2002 2005 2003 2007 2006 2005 2004 2007 2001 2004 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 61 59 46 44 36 36 31 28 37 54 55 59 | 61
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 26 13 16 08 04 06 22 27 21 21 24 28 |
-Year| 2008 2001 2002 2005 2007 2007 2006 2005 2004 2007 2001 2004 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 4.5 6.4 5.5 3.6 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.7 2.3 2.9 5.6 | 32.9
Peak Gust >=40 | 2.0 2.3 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.4 2.1 | 9.9
Peak Gust >=50 | 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.6 | 2.2
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 2.1 2.4 2.4 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.9 0.0 | 10.1
Max 2-Minute >=40| 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 | 1.1
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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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