STATION: KOTZEBUE-RALPH WIEN MEMORIAL AIRPORT (PAOT), 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 | 3.0 8.1 9.2 22.5 37.8 52.2 58.9 56.3 47.4 28.8 16.3 7.9 | 29.0
Avg Min Temp | -11.0 -5.9 -5.4 8.0 26.0 40.7 49.5 47.5 39.1 20.7 6.5 -5.3 | 17.5
Avg Temperature | -4.0 1.1 1.9 15.2 31.9 46.4 54.2 51.9 43.3 24.8 11.4 1.3 | 23.3
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 37 37 37 41 71 84 80 76 67 54 40 36 | 84
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Date of Ext-Day | 30 14 20 07 26 30 04 18 04 01 05 20 |
-Year| 2007 2006 1998 2004 2002 2004 2008 2004 1996 2003 2003 2000 |
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Extreme Min Temp| -46 -44 -33 -26 -9 24 32 30 21 -7 -28 -36 | -46
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Date of Ext-Day | 21 02 02 05 02 04 02 26 30 25 21 19 |
-Year| 2006 2006 1999 2005 2001 1999 2002 1996 2004 1996 2008 2001 |
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Heating Degree Days | 2138 1806 1956 1493 1025 558 339 408 652 1247 1608 1975 | 15205
Cooling Degree Days | 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 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 0.0 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 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 1.4
Max Temp <= 32 | 30.1 27.4 30.4 23.0 8.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.6 27.5 30.0 | 195.2
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Min Temp <= 32 | 31.0 28.2 31.0 29.7 23.4 4.5 0.1 0.2 5.7 26.8 29.7 30.9 | 241.2
Min Temp <= 20 | 29.8 27.0 30.6 23.4 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.0 25.2 29.4 | 186.2
Min Temp <= 0 | 22.7 18.1 20.5 9.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 10.7 20.8 | 103.8
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Avg Dew Point Temp | -4.4 -2.2 -3.0 11.3 26.4 39.9 47.8 46.2 37.2 21.0 6.3 -1.7 | 18.7
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | -1.6 1.4 2.1 14.8 29.5 43.0 50.7 49.1 40.7 24.3 10.1 1.7 | 22.2
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.12 30.10 30.17 30.08 30.02 29.93 29.88 29.95 30.01 30.00 30.04 30.14 | 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 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.3
Heavy Fog | 1.3 1.7 1.3 2.1 5.4 5.3 1.7 1.3 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.8 | 23.8
Fog | 15.5 14.0 11.3 15.1 13.7 12.8 10.6 11.3 8.8 9.9 10.2 14.5 | 147.8
Hail | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 | 0.1
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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 | 0.71 0.66 0.31 0.65 0.39 0.68 1.41 2.10 1.56 0.84 0.66 0.76 | 10.75
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Maximum Daily | 0.42 0.41 0.80 0.55 0.44 0.67 0.83 0.78 0.79 1.32 1.00 1.04 | 1.32
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Date of Ext-Day | 10 19 12 06 06 08 12 19 12 03 14 29 |
-Year| 2007 1997 2006 2001 2004 1998 2008 1998 1999 1997 2008 2003 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 8.6 9.8 4.7 7.3 6.3 6.3 11.2 14.2 12.4 9.8 9.5 10.7 | 110.8
>= 0.10 | 2.5 2.3 0.7 1.7 1.2 1.8 4.2 6.5 4.8 2.3 2.2 2.3 | 32.5
>= 0.25 | 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.7 2.1 3.2 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.4 | 11.7
>= 0.50 | 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 | 3.0
>= 1.00 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 | 0.2
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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| 10.8 11.7 10.5 11.2 9.3 9.9 11.0 11.3 11.7 11.9 12.5 11.0 | 11.1
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 20.2 21.1 19.1 19.9 17.3 18.0 19.2 19.4 19.5 19.4 22.0 20.5 | 19.6
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 22.9 24.0 21.8 22.4 19.8 20.5 22.3 22.8 22.9 22.8 25.7 23.3 | 22.6
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Maximum Daily Avg | 37.5 36.5 36.2 33.0 28.4 24.5 23.7 28.7 30.1 35.3 39.7 38.7 | 39.7
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 51 59 46 56 37 35 37 39 43 53 52 52 | 59
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 01 19 16 02 04 18 22 19 22 18 27 25 |
-Year| 2005 2006 2002 2001 2002 2005 1998 1998 2005 2004 2003 2004 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 55 68 53 60 40 43 43 47 51 61 61 60 | 68
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 01 19 16 02 04 18 22 19 22 18 30 25 |
-Year| 2005 2006 2002 2001 2002 2005 1998 1998 2005 2004 2007 2004 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 8.7 9.6 7.1 6.4 2.9 2.3 2.9 5.5 5.6 7.0 10.3 8.1 | 76.3
Peak Gust >=40 | 3.0 3.4 1.9 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.8 3.2 3.4 | 20.0
Peak Gust >=50 | 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 1.3 | 4.0
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 6.2 6.3 4.7 3.9 0.8 0.7 1.2 1.7 2.4 3.6 6.3 0.0 | 37.8
Max 2-Minute >=40| 1.8 1.9 0.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.3 0.0 | 7.7
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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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