CXAK59 PAOT 010925 CLMOTZ CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KOTZEBUE, AK 125 AM AKDT THU SEP 1 2016 ................................... ...THE KOTZEBUE WSO AP CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2016 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR\'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 80 8/06/1968 LOW 26 8/21/1902 HIGHEST 71 8/12 63 8 65 8/05 LOWEST 44 35 9 36 8/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.0 56.1 5.9 54.8 AVG. MINIMUM 51.9 47.3 4.6 47.3 MEAN 57.0 51.7 5.3 51.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX >= 80 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX >= 70 2 1.1 0.9 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 -0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.18 1951 MINIMUM 0.00 1995 TOTALS 1.92 2.18 -0.26 3.99 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.07 -0.01 0.13 DAYS >= .01 14 11.4 2.6 16 DAYS >= .10 6 5.0 1.0 10 DAYS >= .50 1 0.7 0.3 3 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 0.80 8/19 1.26 8/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.3 1962 24 HR TOTAL 0.2 8-31-1962 SNOW DEPTH 0 8-31-2016 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 -0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 6.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM 0.0 MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 239 412 -173 425 SINCE 7/1 492 738 -246 621 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 5 0 5 14 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/210 DATE 08/19 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/210 DATE 08/19 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 15 GLAZE 0 DRIZZLE 0 HAIL 0 SNOW 0 HAZE 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 BLOWING SNOW 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && AUGUST TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH WITH THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM OF 62.0 DEGREES BEING 5.9 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL MAXIMUM OF 56.1 DEGREES. ONE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AND THREE TIED MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED FOR AUGUST. THERE WERE 14 DAYS THAT HAD MEASURABLE RAINFALL TOTALING 1.92 INCHES HOWEVER WE WERE STILL BELOW THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 2.18 INCHES BY 0.26 INCHES. THERE WERE 13 DAYS WITH FOG AND ONLY 1 OF THOSE DAYS HAD FOG DECREASING VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LOWER. $$ SV SEP 16