Daily Climate Summary - Valdez


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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ, AK
225 PM AKDT FRI MAY 17 2013
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...THE VALDEZ WSO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2013...
VALID TODAY AS OF 2:00 PM LOCAL TIME

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD  1981 TO  2010 
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD  1972 TO  2013 

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME    RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST 
               VALUE    (LST)   VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR 
                                                   NORMAL 
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TEMPERATURE 
TODAY 
 MAXIMUM            39  0155 PM    71  2002     55     -16     55 
 MINIMUM            32  0712 AM    32  2013     40      -8     34 
 AVERAGE            36                          47     -11     45 

PRECIPITATION 
(INCHES) 
 TODAY            0.77           0.77  2013   0.10    0.67   0.00 
 MONTH TO DATE   10.08                        1.58    8.50   3.02 
 SINCE MAR 1     18.40                        9.54    8.86   5.81 
 SINCE JAN 1     36.29                       21.91   14.38  21.48 

SNOWFALL 
(INCHES) 
 TODAY             0.5            0.5  2013    0.1     0.4    0.0 
 MONTH TO DATE    27.3                         1.8    25.5    0.7
 SINCE MAR 1     152.1                        70.9    81.2   34.4
 SINCE JUL 1     404.6                       325.1    79.5  438.3
 SNOW DEPTH (IN)    32                                          T

DEGREE DAYS 
 HEATING 
  TODAY             29                          18      11     20 
  MONTH TO DATE    435                         335     100    410
  SINCE MAR 1     2566                        2215     351   2317
  SINCE JUL 1     9362                        8921     441   9225

 COOLING 
  TODAY              0                           0       0      0 
  MONTH TO DATE      0                           0       0      0 
  SINCE MAR 1        0                           0       0      0 
  SINCE JAN 1        0                           0       0      0 
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WIND (MPH) 
 HIGHEST WIND SPEED     5     HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     90      
 HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM     HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     MM 
 AVERAGE WIND SPEED   1.0 

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM            AVERAGE SKY COVER MM
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS 
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. 
RAIN
SNOW
 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 HIGHEST RH     MM PERCENT       MM
 LOWEST  RH     MM PERCENT       MM
 AVERAGE RH     MM PERCENT       MM
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THE VALDEZ WSO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW 
                        NORMAL    RECORD   YEAR 
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      55        71     2002 
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE      40        33     1997 

SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
 MAY 17 2013..........SUNRISE  4:53 AM      SUNSET 10:33 PM    
 MAY 18 2013..........SUNRISE  4:51 AM      SUNSET 10:36 PM    

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD HAS BEEN SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE OF PRECIPITATION.

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AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY  (HOUR:MIN)........17 HOURS 40 MINUTES
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....+0:04:56

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WZ MAY 13