CXAK57 PAJK 011258 CLMAJK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU, AK 500 AM AKDT MON SEP 1 2008 ...A COOL BUT OTHERWISE NEAR NORMAL AUGUST... AUGUST STARTED OFF AND ENDED WITH THE 2008 SUMMER TREND OF BELOW NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES AND AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES. EXCEPTIONS WERE ON THE 6TH AND 20TH WHERE HIGH TEMPERATURES FINALLY WENT ABOVE 70 DEGREES AND ON THE 27TH AND 31ST WITH LOW TEMPERATURES OF 39 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS NEAR NORMAL WITH A NEAR AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS RECEIVING PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59.0 DEGREES WAS THE 5TH LOWEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST RECORDED SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1943. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WAS 53.8 DEGREES...ONLY 1.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 48.6 DEGREES...NEAR THE NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE OF 48.3 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.19 INCHES...WHICH IS ONLY 0.18 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS BETWEEN THE 8TH AND 9TH WITH 1.08 INCHES. 0.99 INCHES OF THIS TOTAL FELL ON THE 9TH...A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED AT THE AIRPORT WAS 31 MPH ON THE 13TH. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED AT THE JUNEAU FEDERAL BUILDING WAS 18 MPH ON THE 21ST. ................................... ...THE JUNEAU CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1943 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 84 08/16/2004 08/10/2004 LOW 27 08/25/1948 HIGHEST 76 08/20 76 0 78 08/13 LOWEST 39 08/31 40 -1 37 08/28 08/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.0 63.1 -4.1 64.6 AVG. MINIMUM 48.6 48.3 0.3 48.4 MEAN 53.8 55.7 -1.9 56.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 11.02 2006 MINIMUM 0.56 1979 TOTALS 5.19 5.37 -0.18 2.21 DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.17 0.00 0.07 DAYS >= .01 23 18.1 4.9 16 DAYS >= .10 16 12.0 4.0 6 DAYS >= .50 2 3.5 -1.5 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.08 08/08 TO 08/09 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 2002 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 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 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 08/31 TO 08/31 08/31 TO 08/31 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 338 281 57 257 SINCE 7/1 666 531 135 508 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 3 -3 0 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/24/1969 LATEST 06/13/1965 EARLIEST 09/30 LATEST 05/12 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/097 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/110 DATE 08/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 31/110 DATE 08/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 0 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 2 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 29 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 88 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 26 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 28 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$