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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KOTZEBUE AK
714 AM AKST WED NOV 4 2009
...TRANSITIONAL WEATHER IN KOTZEBUE...
OCTOBER IS TYPICALLY A TRANSITIONAL WEATHER MONTH FOR 
KOTZEBUE...AND IN 2009 IT WAS ALSO A MONTH OF EXTREMES.   
3 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FROM THE 10TH THROUGH 
THE 12TH.  THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 29.2 DEGREES...
WHICH IS 6 DEGREES HIGHER THAN NORMAL. ICE WAS FIRST OBSERVED 
IN THE KOTZEBUE SOUND ON OCTOBER 18TH.
UNUSUALLY WARM TEMPERATURES PREVENTED THE SOUND FROM FREEZING 
OVER COMPLETELY UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH.  TO PUT THIS 
INTO PERSPECTIVE...IN 2008 THE KOTZEBUE SOUND WAS COMPLETELY 
FROZEN OVER BY OCTOBER 9TH.  
0.86 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FELL DURING 
THE MONTH...WHICH IS JUST 0.09 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.  ON THE
26TH...2.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL...SETTING A DAILY SNOWFALL 
RECORD.  5.6 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED FOR 
OCTOBER...WHICH IS 1 INCH BELOW NORMAL.
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