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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ, AK
400 PM AKDT SAT MAY 25 2013

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...THE VALDEZ WSO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 25 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            55  0155 PM    75  2006     57      -2     47 
 MINIMUM            37  0530 AM    34  2000     42      -5     42 
 AVERAGE            46                          49      -3     45 

PRECIPITATION 
(INCHES) 
 TODAY            0.00           0.84  1999   0.10   -0.10   0.29 
 MONTH TO DATE   10.66                        2.33    8.33   3.95 
 SINCE MAR 1     18.98                       10.29    8.69   6.74 
 SINCE JAN 1     36.87                       22.66   14.21  22.41 

SNOWFALL 
(INCHES) 
 TODAY             0.0            0.0  2005    0.0     0.0    0.0 
 MONTH TO DATE    27.3                         1.9    25.4    0.7
 SINCE MAR 1     152.1                        71.0    81.1   34.4
 SINCE JUL 1     404.6                       325.2    79.4  438.3
 SNOW DEPTH (IN)     2                                          0

DEGREE DAYS 
 HEATING 
  TODAY             19                          16       3     20 
  MONTH TO DATE    606                         468     138    553
  SINCE MAR 1     2737                        2348     389   2460
  SINCE JUL 1     9533                        9054     479   9368

 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     7     HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    220      
 HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM     HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     MM 
 AVERAGE WIND SPEED   2.0 

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM            AVERAGE SKY COVER MM
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS 
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. 
 NONE. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 HIGHEST RH     MM PERCENT       MM
 LOWEST  RH     MM PERCENT       MM
 AVERAGE RH     MM PERCENT       MM
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THE VALDEZ WSOCANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW 
                        NORMAL    RECORD   YEAR 
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      57        75     2006 
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE      42        37     2008 

SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
 MAY 25 2013..........SUNRISE  4:35 AM      SUNSET 10:52 PM    
 MAY 26 2013..........SUNRISE  4:33 AM      SUNSET 10:54 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)........18 HOURS 17 MINUTES
GAIN SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC).........+0:04:20

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DT MAY 13



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