STATION: TALKEETNA AIRPORT (PATK), 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 | 22.1 30.2 35.1 45.7 57.8 67.6 68.3 65.4 55.9 40.9 28.3 23.9 | 45.1
Avg Min Temp | 6.1 11.8 14.3 26.3 37.1 47.6 51.9 48.1 39.1 25.9 13.9 7.0 | 27.4
Avg Temperature | 14.1 21.0 24.7 36.0 47.4 57.6 60.1 56.8 47.5 33.4 21.1 15.5 | 36.3
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 46 52 54 84 87 88 89 89 72 63 51 54 | 89
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Date of Ext-Day | 21 25 26 23 28 16 08 02 05 16 05 24 |
-Year| 2004 2004 1997 2003 2003 2002 2003 2002 1996 2003 2002 1996 |
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Extreme Min Temp| -34 -45 -24 -12 19 28 39 32 22 -7 -19 -29 | -45
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Date of Ext-Day | 09 04 10 01 02 15 01 28 25 27 28 19 |
-Year| 2007 1999 1999 2004 1999 2005 2008 1996 2004 1996 2005 2001 |
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Heating Degree Days | 1578 1243 1248 871 545 228 161 260 526 979 1317 1535 | 10491
Cooling Degree Days | 0 0 0 0 1 6 10 4 0 0 0 0 | 21
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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 0.1 1.2 5.8 6.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 17.3
Max Temp <= 32 | 24.1 13.8 10.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.9 19.3 23.0 | 98.1
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Min Temp <= 32 | 30.7 26.5 29.9 24.7 8.3 0.3 0.0 0.2 5.7 22.3 27.5 30.2 | 206.3
Min Temp <= 20 | 23.1 17.2 19.4 4.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 19.5 23.9 | 115.0
Min Temp <= 0 | 11.2 6.8 4.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 5.6 10.5 | 40.3
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Avg Dew Point Temp | 6.6 11.2 11.8 22.8 33.4 44.4 50.2 49.2 39.7 26.6 13.8 8.8 | 26.5
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | 13.3 18.1 21.7 31.7 41.7 51.0 54.6 52.7 44.0 31.3 19.8 14.8 | 32.9
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.22 30.20 30.21 30.10 30.03 29.97 29.94 29.97 30.03 30.13 30.09 30.26 | 30.09
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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 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 1.1
Heavy Fog | 1.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.3 1.1 1.2 0.8 0.6 | 10.6
Fog | 9.7 9.2 8.3 7.9 5.9 6.1 8.2 10.8 10.5 9.9 7.6 8.4 | 102.5
Hail | 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.7
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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 | 1.13 1.23 0.94 1.71 1.65 1.71 3.31 4.80 4.46 2.77 1.38 1.36 | 26.46
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Maximum Daily | 1.58 1.38 1.17 1.22 0.94 1.08 2.13 3.16 1.95 1.70 1.02 1.22 | 3.16
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Date of Ext-Day | 03 04 02 19 17 22 16 26 08 10 10 22 |
-Year| 2005 2003 2003 2002 1997 2006 2003 2004 2007 2008 2000 1999 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 8.9 8.2 7.5 8.9 10.8 11.8 14.4 17.3 16.7 13.1 8.2 9.7 | 135.4
>= 0.10 | 3.0 3.7 3.3 4.4 4.7 5.4 8.1 10.0 9.9 7.4 3.8 4.2 | 67.8
>= 0.25 | 1.1 1.5 1.1 2.1 2.2 1.9 4.1 6.6 5.4 3.8 1.8 1.2 | 32.8
>= 0.50 | 0.5 0.5 0.2 1.3 0.6 0.8 1.7 3.5 3.1 1.7 0.8 0.5 | 15.1
>= 1.00 | 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 | 3.0
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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| 4.8 4.5 4.8 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.6 2.8 3.0 4.1 4.5 | 3.8
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 12.4 12.0 12.8 11.8 13.2 12.4 11.3 9.9 10.1 9.8 11.7 12.4 | 11.7
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 15.4 14.8 15.6 15.6 16.2 15.4 13.1 11.5 12.5 12.3 14.7 14.5 | 14.3
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Maximum Daily Avg | 14.6 12.7 18.9 11.5 12.9 9.5 12.2 13.4 16.4 11.2 14.5 14.2 | 18.9
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 28 28 37 24 25 29 21 28 35 32 30 28 | 37
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 27 02 13 03 01 13 20 14 27 11 13 02 |
-Year| 1999 2000 2003 2002 2001 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2006 2007 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 37 48 48 34 35 41 30 36 48 45 44 40 | 48
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 27 02 13 20 27 15 10 17 27 11 13 28 |
-Year| 1999 2000 2003 2000 2006 2005 2005 1998 2000 2000 2006 2008 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 1.5 0.8 2.2 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.2 | 9.2
Peak Gust >=40 | 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 | 1.1
Peak Gust >=50 | 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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Max 2-Minute >=30| 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 | 0.6
Max 2-Minute >=40| 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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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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