Rainfall Amounts

From a very day shift…some of these totals include liquid amounts after the rain was mixing with snow.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
430 PM AKST WED NOV 24 2010

...SECOND HIGHEST WINTER RAINFALL STORM TOTAL ON RECORD IN FAIRBANKS...

AS OF 10AM WEDNESDAY A TOTAL OF 0.94 INCHES OF RAIN AND FREEZING
RAIN HAD FALLEN AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE
MONDAY. THIS IS THE SECOND GREATEST WINTER RAINFALL OF RECORD FOR
FAIRBANKS. THE GREATEST WINTER RAINFALL OF RECORD IN FAIRBANKS
OCCURRED ON JANUARY 20TH 1937 WHEN 0.99 INCHES OF RAIN WAS
REPORTED. THESE TWO EVENTS ARE THE ONLY OCCURRENCES OF MORE THAN
HALF AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH
MARCH.

COOLER AIR IS SLOWLY MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND.

BELOW ARE SOME RAINFALL TOTALS FROM MONDAY THE BEGINNING OF THE
EVENT THROUGH 10AM WEDNESDAY:

MCGRATH.................................2.10 INCHES
LAKE MINCHUMINA...............1.63 INCHES
NENANA...................................1.52 INCHES
KEYSTONE RIDGE (MURPHY DOME)............1.37 INCHES
ESTER........................................1.16 INCHES
UAF WEST RIDGE....................0.99 INCHES
TANANA...................................0.99 INCHES
FAIRBANKS AIRPORT.............0.94 INCHES
EAST FT WAINWRIGHT.............0.92 INCHES
GOLDSTREAM CREEK.............0.90 INCHES
EIELSON AFB...........................0.63 INCHES