STATION: SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT (KSDL), AZ
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY. Period of Record: Nov 2001 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 | 66.1 67.9 75.5 82.6 92.6 102.8 104.6 101.8 97.7 86.6 75.2 64.0 | 84.8
Avg Min Temp | 43.4 45.6 51.3 57.7 66.7 75.9 82.3 80.8 74.7 62.8 51.6 41.6 | 61.2
Avg Temperature | 54.7 56.8 63.4 70.2 79.6 89.3 93.5 91.3 86.2 74.7 63.4 52.8 | 73.0
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 83 84 97 99 108 113 116 113 108 102 92 79 | 116
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Date of Ext-Day | 31 08 16 28 28 20 21 10 01 01 04 05 |
-Year| 2003 2006 2007 2007 2003 2008 2006 2003 2007 2003 2001 2003 |
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Extreme Min Temp| 25 30 33 42 51 63 70 68 59 49 32 28 | 25
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Date of Ext-Day | 14 01 03 06 23 08 01 24 21 28 30 29 |
-Year| 2007 2002 2002 2003 2008 2007 2004 2002 2004 2002 2004 2003 |
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Heating Degree Days | 320 234 121 17 1 0 0 0 0 8 105 378 | 1184
Cooling Degree Days | 1 2 71 172 455 730 882 814 635 308 56 0 | 4126
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Max Temp >= 90 | 0.0 0.0 1.7 5.3 21.7 29.3 31.0 30.1 27.4 14.1 1.0 0.0 | 161.6
Max Temp >= 75 | 5.1 5.9 16.7 25.9 30.6 30.0 31.0 31.0 30.0 29.1 16.9 2.5 | 254.7
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 | 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.6 | 2.9
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 | 31.2 31.3 31.6 30.2 32.6 36.3 54.6 57.6 48.6 40.0 33.7 31.0 | 38.2
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | 44.3 45.6 48.9 51.6 56.2 61.0 69.3 69.7 63.8 56.2 49.4 43.1 | 54.9
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.06 30.00 29.93 29.86 29.79 29.74 29.78 29.79 29.79 29.87 29.98 30.06 | 29.89
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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 | 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.1 6.3 6.1 4.1 1.7 0.4 0.1 | 25.5
Heavy Fog | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.1
Fog | 2.6 3.3 1.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.7 1.2 2.9 | 15.3
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 | 1.14 1.45 0.82 0.42 0.05 0.00 0.61 0.76 0.41 0.39 0.65 0.96 | 7.66
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Maximum Daily | 1.64 1.66 1.49 1.71 0.12 0.00 0.63 1.15 0.60 0.53 1.96 1.26 | 1.96
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Date of Ext-Day | 27 13 11 02 23 25 24 07 28 30 29 |
-Year| 2008 2003 2006 2004 2008 2006 2006 2006 2004 2007 2004 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 4.4 5.4 3.9 1.6 0.7 0.0 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.4 4.5 | 34.0
>= 0.10 | 2.3 2.7 1.4 0.9 0.3 0.0 2.3 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 2.9 | 17.7
>= 0.25 | 1.4 1.6 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.2 | 9.7
>= 0.50 | 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 | 4.6
>= 1.00 | 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 | 1.4
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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| 2.9 3.2 4.1 4.7 4.5 4.6 5.0 4.4 4.0 3.4 2.9 2.5 | 3.8
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 11.9 12.6 14.1 15.6 15.1 15.6 18.2 16.4 15.0 12.8 11.2 10.4 | 14.1
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 15.8 16.7 19.1 20.8 20.0 20.9 23.9 21.6 19.8 17.0 15.0 13.8 | 18.7
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Maximum Daily Avg | 15.3 11.4 11.0 11.5 11.3 11.9 8.5 8.5 9.1 13.1 10.7 14.2 | 15.3
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 35 38 30 35 36 51 49 39 40 36 32 31 | 51
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 10 10 03 14 17 25 21 02 02 25 05 16 |
-Year| 2002 2002 2008 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2006 2003 2001 2004 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 43 43 45 43 44 66 61 48 56 44 43 39 | 66
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 04 10 31 28 17 25 21 02 05 25 05 16 |
-Year| 2005 2002 2005 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005 2002 2003 2001 2004 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 1.6 1.3 2.3 3.2 1.6 1.6 6.0 4.9 3.6 1.3 0.4 1.0 | 28.8
Peak Gust >=40 | 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.4 3.0 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 | 6.6
Peak Gust >=50 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.9
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.4 3.1 1.6 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.0 | 8.5
Max 2-Minute >=40| 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.9
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Observations of WEATHER may me innacurate due to early ASOS inconsistancies. Average days
with Thunderstorms may be low due to poor 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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