STATION: SALINAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KSNS), CA
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 | 60.4 61.7 65.0 65.3 68.4 69.8 70.8 71.7 73.3 71.7 66.3 60.8 | 67.1
Avg Min Temp | 41.0 42.6 43.7 45.5 50.0 52.9 55.0 55.2 53.4 48.9 44.6 40.7 | 47.8
Avg Temperature | 50.7 52.2 54.4 55.4 59.2 61.3 62.9 63.5 63.3 60.3 55.5 50.7 | 57.4
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 77 81 87 100 98 105 92 93 99 94 90 79 | 105
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Date of Ext-Day | 02 09 19 26 16 20 09 09 30 25 16 05 |
-Year| 2001 2006 1997 2004 2008 2008 2002 2006 2001 2003 2008 2000 |
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Extreme Min Temp| 22 29 31 33 38 45 46 38 44 34 27 24 | 22
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Date of Ext-Day | 13 08 01 09 08 07 07 04 21 12 29 21 |
-Year| 2007 2001 2007 1999 2002 1999 2006 1999 2004 2008 2004 1998 |
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Heating Degree Days | 444 363 332 292 191 122 79 66 78 163 290 442 | 2861
Cooling Degree Days | 0 0 2 4 11 11 14 19 28 16 3 0 | 109
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Max Temp >= 90 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.4 1.5 0.1 0.0 | 5.3
Max Temp >= 75 | 0.6 1.4 3.4 3.4 4.5 5.1 5.4 6.5 9.9 9.2 3.0 0.2 | 52.6
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 | 3.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 3.1 | 8.2
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 | 41.5 43.2 44.4 44.6 47.9 50.6 53.4 53.8 52.2 47.9 45.2 40.8 | 47.1
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | 45.6 47.3 48.7 49.4 52.3 54.6 56.7 57.2 56.0 52.8 49.6 45.4 | 51.3
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.18 30.11 30.11 30.08 30.03 29.99 30.00 29.98 29.96 30.03 30.13 30.18 | 30.06
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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 | 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.1 0.7 | 9.6
Heavy Fog | 4.3 1.5 3.2 1.6 1.8 0.8 1.5 1.8 4.0 5.9 4.6 2.9 | 34.1
Fog | 17.1 14.2 15.3 13.6 13.3 13.5 14.3 16.3 15.3 15.0 14.2 13.7 | 175.9
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 | 2.93 2.80 1.56 1.14 0.37 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.06 0.70 1.12 2.35 | 13.11
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Maximum Daily | 2.66 1.52 1.50 0.72 0.61 0.14 0.04 0.11 0.36 1.51 1.09 1.66 | 2.66
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Date of Ext-Day | 23 03 22 11 21 09 20 29 22 26 17 21 |
-Year| 2000 1998 2005 1999 2006 2005 1999 2000 2007 2000 1996 1996 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 11.5 11.3 8.1 7.0 2.9 1.2 0.4 0.8 1.1 3.8 7.6 10.0 | 65.8
>= 0.10 | 6.7 6.7 4.3 3.5 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.6 2.9 5.3 | 32.4
>= 0.25 | 4.1 3.9 2.2 1.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.6 3.2 | 18.3
>= 0.50 | 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 1.4 | 6.9
>= 1.00 | 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 | 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| 6.9 7.6 7.4 8.1 8.9 9.4 8.7 8.0 7.1 6.5 6.4 7.3 | 7.7
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 17.9 19.1 18.6 19.0 18.7 18.5 17.6 17.4 16.8 16.9 17.2 18.5 | 18.0
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 21.0 22.4 22.4 23.3 23.0 23.0 22.0 21.6 20.8 20.2 20.2 21.8 | 21.8
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Maximum Daily Avg | 27.0 23.8 23.1 23.7 18.9 14.8 12.4 11.4 15.7 14.5 19.2 20.1 | 27.0
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 46 44 38 40 39 29 23 23 26 39 40 39 | 46
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 01 23 04 11 02 06 08 28 19 19 30 19 |
-Year| 2006 2008 2001 2006 2003 2005 2004 2002 2007 2004 1998 2002 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 53 55 47 48 44 37 40 32 33 45 47 51 | 55
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 01 23 04 03 02 06 07 31 19 19 30 25 |
-Year| 2006 2008 2001 1999 2003 2005 2007 2007 2007 2004 1998 2008 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 2.5 3.9 3.7 2.9 1.0 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.7 4.6 | 23.0
Peak Gust >=40 | 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.7 | 3.3
Peak Gust >=50 | 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 | 0.4
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 1.0 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.0 | 5.1
Max 2-Minute >=40| 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 | 0.7
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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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