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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KOTZEBUE AK
1117 AM AKDT THU MAY 3 2012
...A COLD AND DRY APRIL FOR KOTZEBUE...
TEMPERATURES:  NO RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 37 DEGREES ON THE 23RD.
THIS WAS 17.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE NORMAL
HIGH WAS 19.6 DEGREES.  THE LOW TEMPERATURE FOR 
THE MONTH WAS 16 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 2ND..
THIS WAS 12.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.  THE NORMAL 
LOW WAS 3.3 DEGREES.  THE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 14.4 DEGREES. THIS WAS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE NORMAL AVERGE WAS 11.5 DEGREES.   
PRECIPITATION:  NO RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN.  FOR
THE MONTH OF APRIL, KOTZEBUE RECORDED .20 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION, THIS WAS .21 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
THE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS .41 INCHES.
SNOWFALL:  NO RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN.  FOR THE
MONTH OF APRIL, KOTZEBUE RECORDED 2.2 INCHES OF 
SNOWFALL.  THIS WAS 2,2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.  THE
NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.4 INCHES.
WINDS:  THE AVERAGE WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTHEAST
AT 38 MPH,  THE HIGHEST GUSTS WERE FROM THE 
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OUTLOOK FOR MAY:
HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MAY GENERALLY BEGIN AT 29 DEGREES
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND WARM TO 45 DEGREES
BY THE END OF MAY.  LOW TEMPERATURES BEGIN AT 15 DEGREES
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND WARM TO 33 DEGREES
AT THE END OF THE MONTH.  AVERGE TEMPERATURES NORMALLY
BEGIN AT 22 DEGREES AND SLOWLY WARM TO 39 DEGREES AT THE
END OF THE MONTH.  DURING MAY KOTZEBUE USUALLY RECORDS
.33 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION AND 1.2 INCHES OF 
SNOWFALL  
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*** MAY 12