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CDAK48 PABE 081050
CLIBET

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BETHEL, AK
150 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2009

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...THE BETHEL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR 7 JAN 2009... 

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD  1971 TO  2000 
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD  1948 TO  2009 

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME    RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST 
               VALUE    (LST)   VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR 
                                                   NORMAL 
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TEMPERATURE 
YESTERDAY 
 MAXIMUM           -17  1217 AM    38  1988     13     -30     -8 
 MINIMUM           -23  0158 PM   -37  2003      1     -24    -19 
 AVERAGE           -20                           7     -27    -14 

PRECIPITATION 
(INCHES) 
 YESTERDAY        0.00           0.37  1993   0.02   -0.02      T 
 MONTH TO DATE       T                        0.14   -0.14      T 
 SINCE 1 DEC      1.92                        1.26    0.66   1.22 
 SINCE 1 JAN         T                        0.14   -0.14      T 

SNOWFALL 
(INCHES) 
 YESTERDAY         0.0            2.7  1957    0.3    -0.3      T 
 MONTH TO DATE       T                                          T 
 SINCE 1 DEC      16.9                                       12.2 
 SINCE 1 JUL      39.9                                       37.9 
 SNOW DEPTH (IN)    11                                          5 

DEGREE DAYS 
 HEATING 
 YESTERDAY          85                          58      27     79 
 MONTH TO DATE     560                         406     154    544 
 SINCE 1 DEC      2111                        2130     -19   2194 
 SINCE 1 JUL      6453                        5865     588   5348 

 COOLING 
 YESTERDAY           0                           0       0      0 
 MONTH TO DATE       0                           0       0      0 
 SINCE 1 DEC         0                           0       0      0 
 SINCE 1 JAN         0                           0       0      0 
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WIND (MPH) 
 HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29     HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     10      
 HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35     HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     20 
 AVERAGE WIND SPEED  16.7 

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE    MM          AVERAGE SKY COVER     MM
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS 
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. 
  SMOKE OR HAZE
 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 HIGHEST RH     MM PERCENT       MM
 LOWEST  RH     MM PERCENT       MM
 AVERAGE RH     MM PERCENT       MM
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THE BETHEL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY 
                        NORMAL    RECORD   YEAR 
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      13        42     1988 
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE       1       -32     1975 

SUNRISE AND SUNSET 
 8 JAN 2009..........SUNRISE 10:51 AM    SUNSET  4:59 PM 
 9 JAN 2009..........SUNRISE 10:50 AM    SUNSET  5:01 PM 

AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY  (HOUR:MIN)........6 HOURS 8 MINUTES
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....+0:03:10

-  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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                            TIDES
HIGH     154 AM       3.3 FT     LOW     1109 AM        0.7 FT
HIGH     141 PM       1.6 FT     LOW      947 PM        0.0 FT
HIGH     248 AM (FRI) 3.7 FT     LOW     1206 PM (FRI)  0.4 FT
HIGH     251 PM (FRI) 1.7 FT     LOW     1046 PM (FRI) -0.1 FT

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