Monthly Climate Summary - Bethel
CXAK58 PABE 012316
CLMBET
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BETHEL, AK
316 PM AKDT WED MAY 1 2013
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...THE BETHEL AP CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2013
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR\'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 63 4/30/2004
LOW -31 4/05/1956
HIGHEST 40 4/03 50 -10 46 4/27
LOWEST -9 -2 -7 -12 4/06
AVG. MAXIMUM 25.8 34.5 -8.7 32.9
AVG. MINIMUM 8.8 19.3 -10.5 16.8
MEAN 17.3 26.9 -9.6 24.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 23 11.1 11.9 13
DAYS MAX >= 80 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX >= 70 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 30 27.1 2.9 30
DAYS MIN <= 0 7 3.2 3.8 4
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 3.89 1979
MINIMUM 0.02 1985
TOTALS 0.03 0.74 -0.71 0.42
DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.02 -0.02 0.01
DAYS >= .01 2 9.1 -7.1 3
DAYS >= .10 0 2.5 -2.5 1
DAYS >= .50 0 0.2 -0.2 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR TOTAL 0.02 4/13 0.29 4/04
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 28.7 2006
24 HR TOTAL 8.0 4-07-2006
SNOW DEPTH 33 4-01-1951
TOTALS 0.4 5.7 -5.3 4.1
SINCE 7/1 41.4 59.3 -17.9 82.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 2 0 12
DAYS >= TRACE 9 13.1 -4.1 9
DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.7 -1.7 1
DAYS >= 6.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 5 4/02 23 4/07
24 HR TOTAL 0.3 4/13 3.0 4/04
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1423 1142 281 1196
SINCE 7/1 12276 11432 844 12880
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/020 DATE 04/5
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/020 DATE 04/5
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR MM
NUMBER OF DAYS PC MM
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY MM
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 ICE PELLETS 0
RAIN 1 GLAZE 0
DRIZZLE 0 HAIL 0
SNOW 9 HAZE 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3
BLOWING SNOW 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL... BETHEL SAW BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... PRECIPITATION
AND SNOWFALL.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS PAST MONTH OF APRIL WAS 25.8 DEGREES. WHICH IS
8.7 DEGREES LESS THAN THE NORMAL TEMPERATURE OF 34.5 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO.
THE MONTH’S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE REACHED 40 DEGREES ON THE 3RD. WITH THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE OF -9 REACHED FROM THE 8TH THROUGH THE 10TH. A TOTAL OF SEVEN DAYS
SAW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ABOVE 32 DEGREES WHILE TWENTY-THREE DAYS SAW MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES. THERE WERE SEVEN DAYS THAT RECORDED TEMPERATURES
BELOW ZERO.
THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR APRIL WAS 0.03 INCHES WHICH IS 0.71
INCHES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE OF 0.74.
IN APRIL THERE WERE NINE DAYS WHERE PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. THE
PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY SNOW. HOWEVER THERE WAS ONE DAY WHICH REPORTED RAIN
MIXED WITH THE SNOW. A TOTAL OF 0.4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED IN APRIL WHICH
IS -5.3 LESS THAN THE NORMAL SNOWFALL OF 5.7 INCHES. THE 13TH RECORDED THE MOST
SNOWFALL OF 0.3 INCHES.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL WAS 10.7 MPH. THERE WAS
ONE DAY WHERE THE TOP SUSTAINED WIND SPEED WAS 20 MPH OR STRONGER. APRIL 5TH
RECORDED THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED AND GUSTS OF 22 AND 35 MPH RESPECTIVELY.
IN ADDITION THERE WERE THIRTEEN DAYS WHERE FOG WAS REPORTED. THREE OF THOSE
DAYS RECORDED FOG LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN VISIBILITY.
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BDW MAY 13