STATION: FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PAFA), 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 | -0.3 12.6 23.5 44.0 60.1 71.5 71.4 65.4 54.6 31.2 11.8 3.8 | 37.5
Avg Min Temp | -18.0 -10.3 -4.5 20.8 38.4 50.6 52.8 47.2 36.1 16.5 -3.9 -13.3 | 17.7
Avg Temperature | -9.2 1.2 9.5 32.4 49.2 61.0 62.1 56.3 45.3 23.9 3.9 -4.7 | 27.6
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 42 46 55 73 83 89 87 86 74 72 49 45 | 89
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Date of Ext-Day | 14 22 20 30 25 13 05 04 08 01 10 22 |
-Year| 2001 1997 1998 2005 2002 1999 1998 1999 1997 2003 1997 1999 |
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Extreme Min Temp| -51 -55 -39 -19 20 29 40 28 17 -26 -34 -53 | -55
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Date of Ext-Day | 27 04 02 01 03 04 28 28 29 27 28 31 |
-Year| 2006 1999 2007 2004 2001 2006 2000 1996 2004 1996 2005 1999 |
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Heating Degree Days | 2299 1803 1720 977 489 142 115 277 590 1276 1832 2162 | 13682
Cooling Degree Days | 0 0 0 0 1 23 24 8 0 0 0 0 | 56
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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 1.5 10.4 11.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 27.5
Max Temp <= 32 | 30.2 25.8 22.8 4.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.8 27.4 30.1 | 157.7
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Min Temp <= 32 | 31.0 28.2 31.0 27.2 6.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 9.2 29.4 30.0 31.0 | 223.5
Min Temp <= 20 | 30.8 27.8 30.5 11.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 17.1 28.5 30.9 | 177.7
Min Temp <= 0 | 26.0 21.7 19.4 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 19.0 25.8 | 118.1
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Avg Dew Point Temp | -3.7 -0.3 1.1 18.8 31.2 44.7 49.8 46.7 36.3 20.2 -0.0 -5.5 | 19.9
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | -3.1 2.5 8.8 28.1 41.7 52.7 55.2 51.3 41.0 23.6 3.6 -2.5 | 25.2
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.22 30.14 30.18 30.08 30.01 29.93 29.89 29.96 30.05 30.08 30.07 30.19 | 30.07
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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 0.4 3.5 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 6.5
Heavy Fog | 2.8 1.2 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.1 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.8 | 10.1
Fog | 14.9 11.4 6.8 3.8 3.9 3.2 6.6 8.0 8.1 10.3 9.7 14.2 | 100.8
Hail | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.2
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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 | 0.43 0.25 0.12 0.47 0.63 1.08 2.61 2.01 1.10 0.59 0.26 0.32 | 9.86
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Maximum Daily | 0.54 0.33 0.23 0.83 0.60 0.88 2.27 0.82 0.78 0.34 0.24 0.30 | 2.27
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Date of Ext-Day | 18 11 27 26 06 19 27 16 26 19 28 06 |
-Year| 2000 2001 2001 2002 2004 2005 2003 2002 1999 2004 1996 2008 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 6.6 4.0 3.0 4.0 7.0 9.4 14.4 14.0 11.0 9.2 5.6 6.3 | 94.6
>= 0.10 | 1.3 0.9 0.1 1.4 1.7 3.3 6.5 6.5 3.7 2.2 0.6 1.0 | 29.2
>= 0.25 | 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.8 1.2 3.4 2.9 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.1 | 11.2
>= 0.50 | 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 2.9
>= 1.00 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.3
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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| 1.8 2.2 4.4 5.0 5.9 5.0 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.2 1.9 1.4 | 3.6
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 7.5 8.6 11.6 13.8 16.3 15.4 14.2 12.3 11.3 9.5 7.7 7.1 | 11.3
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 8.7 10.1 13.9 17.0 20.8 19.6 18.5 15.8 14.3 11.6 9.0 8.1 | 14.0
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Maximum Daily Avg | 16.1 16.1 22.4 15.0 17.6 15.5 13.7 12.8 13.2 13.0 12.0 12.2 | 22.4
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 29 31 32 31 30 31 31 31 29 25 22 26 | 32
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 06 29 20 30 22 10 18 12 25 08 16 23 |
-Year| 2005 2008 2005 2002 1998 2005 2002 2003 1996 2002 1999 2004 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 39 39 38 38 45 50 40 37 39 36 28 36 | 50
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 06 21 21 30 29 08 20 12 25 08 10 23 |
-Year| 2005 2006 2005 2002 1997 1997 1999 2003 1996 2002 2003 2004 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.8 1.3 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 | 8.5
Peak Gust >=40 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.2
Peak Gust >=50 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.1
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.9
Max 2-Minute >=40| 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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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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