ABAK34 PAOM 022255
PNSOME CORRECTION 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOME AK
255 PM AKDT WED APR 2 2008
...WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2008...
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE IN NOME WAS 9 DEGREES, WHICH IS A
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL OF -0.4 DEGREES.  THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
REACHED WAS 35 DEGREES, WHILE THE LOWEST REACHED WAS 17 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO.  THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS AT OR BELOW FREEZING ON 29 DAYS
THIS MONTH, WHILE THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE STAYED BELOW THIS MARK ON
ALL 31 DAYS.  THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ALSO DROPPED BELOW ZERO ON 14
DAYS.  
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 10.0 INCHES, WITH A WATER EQUIVALENT
OF 0.83 INCHES.  THIS IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE NORMAL TOTALS FOR
THE MONTH OF MARCH.  THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNT IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD
WAS 3.8 INCHES ON THE 31, WITH A WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.83 INCHES. 
SEVEN DAYS WERE REPORTED WITH AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION,
WHILE ONLY 3 DAYS HAD AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.  TOTAL
SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON REACHED 92.9 INCHES.  THIS MAKES IT THE THIRD
SNOWIEST WINTER THROUGH THE END OF MARCH.
PEAK WIND SPEEDS THIS MONTH RANGED FROM 6 MPH TO 45 MPH.  FOURTEEN
DAYS THIS MONTH SAW PEAK WINDS REACH AT LEAST 25 MPH, WITH 3 OF THESE
DAYS SEEING WINDS ABOVE 40 MPH.  
THIS MONTH WAS SOMEWHAT FOGGY, AS 16 DAYS SAW OCCURRENCES OF FOG OR
MIST IMPACT VISIBILITIES.  HOWEVER, ONLY ONE OCCURENCE WAS REPORTED
OF FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A 1/4 MILE OR LESS.  
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SAK APR 08