STATION: SAFFORD REGIONAL AIRPORT (KSAD), AZ
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY. Period of Record: Jan 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 | 61.3 65.3 72.6 81.3 92.2 100.4 99.8 96.9 93.6 82.5 70.2 60.2 | 81.4
Avg Min Temp | 33.5 36.6 41.1 47.5 57.0 66.9 72.4 70.5 65.1 52.9 41.4 32.5 | 51.4
Avg Temperature | 47.4 50.9 56.8 64.4 74.6 83.7 86.1 83.7 79.4 67.7 55.8 46.4 | 66.4
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 79 83 89 99 109 111 113 110 103 100 87 78 | 113
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Date of Ext-Day | 25 28 20 27 31 29 09 10 04 01 03 30 |
-Year| 1999 2006 2004 2000 2002 1998 2003 2003 2000 2003 2001 2003 |
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Extreme Min Temp| 0 20 17 29 39 50 58 57 48 33 16 17 | 0
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Date of Ext-Day | 14 01 03 17 15 05 01 31 22 13 30 29 |
-Year| 2004 2002 2002 1998 1998 1998 2004 2000 2004 2008 2006 2003 |
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Heating Degree Days | 544 397 262 89 6 0 0 0 0 48 285 578 | 2208
Cooling Degree Days | 0 0 8 71 304 560 653 579 431 133 8 0 | 2746
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Max Temp >= 90 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 21.1 28.7 28.9 28.3 23.7 6.5 0.0 0.0 | 141.5
Max Temp >= 75 | 0.6 3.2 14.8 24.1 30.6 30.0 31.0 31.0 30.0 26.2 10.4 0.2 | 232.0
Max Temp <= 32 | 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.1
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Min Temp <= 32 | 14.5 7.8 3.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 15.0 | 44.6
Min Temp <= 20 | 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 | 1.8
Min Temp <= 0 | 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.1
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Avg Dew Point Temp | 25.3 25.3 26.0 26.2 29.4 34.9 52.9 56.4 46.7 37.5 28.1 23.9 | 34.4
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | 38.0 40.2 43.5 47.0 52.8 57.7 65.4 66.1 60.5 52.1 43.3 36.9 | 50.3
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.07 30.01 29.92 29.87 29.79 29.79 29.82 29.84 29.82 29.91 30.02 30.09 | 29.91
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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 | 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 | 2.3
Fog | 3.4 3.3 2.1 1.4 0.1 0.4 2.4 1.8 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.7 | 21.2
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 | 0.50 0.60 0.46 0.40 0.11 0.20 1.29 1.30 0.37 0.81 0.43 0.33 | 6.79
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Maximum Daily | 0.79 0.73 0.81 0.59 0.43 0.46 0.76 1.71 0.54 1.71 0.81 0.34 | 1.71
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Date of Ext-Day | 19 09 04 02 19 11 23 10 12 11 12 02 |
-Year| 2007 1998 2004 2004 2001 2007 2004 2001 2008 2000 2003 1998 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 3.4 4.5 3.2 1.8 2.7 5.4 9.8 6.9 3.6 4.3 3.2 3.1 | 51.9
>= 0.10 | 1.4 2.1 1.6 1.1 0.2 0.5 3.9 2.8 1.3 1.7 1.2 1.2 | 18.9
>= 0.25 | 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.4 1.6 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.3 | 8.0
>= 0.50 | 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 | 3.3
>= 1.00 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 | 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| 6.9 7.9 8.5 9.4 9.1 9.5 9.1 7.9 7.6 7.5 7.1 7.2 | 8.1
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 17.3 19.8 21.7 23.4 23.2 24.6 26.2 23.4 19.5 18.6 17.2 17.4 | 21.0
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 20.7 24.0 26.8 29.5 29.0 30.8 32.2 28.8 24.4 23.1 20.9 21.1 | 25.9
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Maximum Daily Avg | 24.2 20.2 19.5 20.5 22.4 17.6 18.7 17.4 16.4 17.2 21.6 18.9 | 24.2
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 40 45 41 45 46 46 52 56 43 53 44 38 | 56
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 21 24 07 29 27 05 02 20 25 08 22 25 |
-Year| 1999 1998 1999 2004 2005 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2003 2007 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 51 60 49 52 56 54 69 70 52 66 51 58 | 70
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 21 24 07 29 27 05 12 09 08 08 22 25 |
-Year| 1999 1998 1999 2004 2005 2000 2002 2004 2003 2005 2003 2007 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 3.9 7.0 11.5 14.7 13.9 16.3 18.6 13.1 6.5 5.6 3.5 4.9 | 119.5
Peak Gust >=40 | 1.2 1.6 2.6 3.8 2.0 2.7 5.1 3.2 1.4 0.9 1.0 1.2 | 26.7
Peak Gust >=50 | 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 | 4.2
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 2.3 2.9 5.8 7.4 3.9 4.8 8.4 5.7 2.1 1.5 1.4 0.0 | 46.2
Max 2-Minute >=40| 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.6 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 | 5.1
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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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