STATION: KIVALINA AIRPORT (PAVL), AK
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY. Period of Record: Jul 1998 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 | 7.2 10.4 8.7 20.4 36.1 48.9 54.8 54.6 46.3 29.5 16.9 10.4 | 28.7
Avg Min Temp | -10.6 -6.6 -7.6 4.3 24.1 36.8 44.0 43.4 35.7 19.5 4.8 -4.5 | 15.3
Avg Temperature | -1.7 1.9 0.5 12.4 30.1 42.9 49.4 49.0 41.0 24.5 10.9 2.9 | 22.0
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 39 52 34 41 68 96 94 76 65 50 40 39 | 96
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Date of Ext-Day | 02 11 06 27 31 29 21 21 05 01 03 11 |
-Year| 2004 2006 2000 2005 2004 2004 2005 2004 2002 2003 2003 2003 |
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Extreme Min Temp| -46 -44 -34 -27 -9 21 33 29 12 -8 -30 -41 | -46
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Date of Ext-Day | 23 07 13 01 02 04 02 29 30 29 30 21 |
-Year| 2002 1999 1999 2001 2001 1999 2002 2008 2004 2001 2003 2004 |
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Heating Degree Days | 2067 1782 1998 1578 1082 667 487 497 720 1255 1623 1924 | 15681
Cooling Degree Days | 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Max Temp >= 90 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.4
Max Temp >= 75 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 1.3
Max Temp <= 32 | 29.9 25.8 30.6 24.7 9.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.7 17.5 28.0 29.5 | 196.1
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Min Temp <= 32 | 31.0 28.0 31.0 29.9 26.7 6.3 0.0 0.5 9.3 27.2 29.6 31.0 | 250.7
Min Temp <= 20 | 29.5 26.2 30.2 25.3 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 15.6 25.4 28.7 | 190.0
Min Temp <= 0 | 22.6 18.4 22.9 12.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 12.6 19.8 | 110.7
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Avg Dew Point Temp | -5.7 -2.7 -3.9 8.3 25.6 37.0 43.8 43.3 35.7 19.3 6.3 -0.7 | 17.2
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | -0.5 2.3 1.1 12.1 28.6 39.6 46.3 45.5 38.6 23.0 10.3 3.5 | 20.9
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.18 30.11 30.16 30.07 30.03 29.92 29.88 29.99 29.99 30.01 30.03 30.16 | 30.04
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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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
Heavy Fog | 3.3 4.0 4.3 4.4 5.7 7.5 5.7 1.7 1.4 0.5 1.8 1.8 | 42.3
Fog | 13.9 12.9 12.7 15.5 16.9 17.5 17.4 14.3 11.5 11.7 12.6 12.3 | 169.1
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 | 0.34 0.39 0.26 0.51 0.50 0.80 1.48 2.04 1.71 0.88 0.30 0.26 | 9.45
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Maximum Daily | 0.39 0.72 0.46 0.84 0.58 1.00 0.53 1.18 0.84 0.88 0.40 0.40 | 1.18
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Date of Ext-Day | 02 19 15 06 06 17 19 16 15 01 20 14 |
-Year| 2005 2006 2005 2001 2004 2004 1998 2000 2006 2004 2003 2008 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 4.9 5.1 3.8 4.5 5.3 6.8 12.3 13.0 12.1 8.5 6.2 3.7 | 86.2
>= 0.10 | 1.0 1.3 0.7 1.4 2.0 2.4 5.4 5.2 5.2 2.6 0.8 0.9 | 29.0
>= 0.25 | 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 1.0 1.9 2.3 2.0 0.8 0.1 0.3 | 10.4
>= 0.50 | 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 | 3.1
>= 1.00 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.4
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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| 12.0 13.1 12.6 12.3 10.5 9.7 10.6 12.3 12.3 13.5 13.8 13.7 | 12.2
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 23.3 23.6 22.9 22.2 18.6 17.4 19.1 21.6 21.1 22.9 23.7 24.8 | 21.8
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 26.3 26.5 25.5 25.0 20.9 19.5 21.2 24.4 24.1 25.9 26.8 28.1 | 24.5
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Maximum Daily Avg | 41.1 35.3 45.5 35.9 35.4 30.8 28.4 31.1 32.2 33.1 39.2 38.7 | 45.5
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 49 51 51 48 47 41 39 44 45 49 53 53 | 53
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 04 19 24 07 14 16 03 19 23 18 08 16 |
-Year| 2003 2006 2001 2007 2005 2006 2005 1998 2005 2004 2005 2005 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 58 60 61 56 54 47 44 53 51 59 62 61 | 62
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 04 19 24 07 14 16 03 19 26 18 27 16 |
-Year| 2003 2006 2000 2007 2005 2006 2005 1998 1999 2004 2003 2005 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 12.0 10.3 10.4 8.8 4.4 2.8 3.4 8.2 7.5 10.8 10.9 13.7 | 103.4
Peak Gust >=40 | 5.5 4.4 3.8 3.4 1.1 0.3 0.6 1.5 1.6 2.5 3.9 5.4 | 34.1
Peak Gust >=50 | 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.9 | 5.8
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 8.6 7.4 7.5 5.6 2.9 1.2 1.9 5.4 4.1 7.6 8.1 0.0 | 60.2
Max 2-Minute >=40| 2.9 2.0 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.0 | 11.2
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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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