PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1104 AM AKDT FRI NOV 2 2012 ...OCTOBER 2012 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FAIRBANKS ALASKA... OCTOBER WEATHER IN FAIRBANKS STARTED OUT WARM AND WET BUT PROGRESSED INTO A FAIRLY COOL AND DRY PATTERN TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. CHINOOK WINDS CREATED UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES IN PARTS OF THE INTERIOR ON THE 4TH UNTIL A WIND SHIFT TO WESTERLIES BROKE DOWN THE CHINOOK AND PUSHED A NOTABLE AMOUNT OF LATE SEASON RAIN INTO TOWN ON THE 7TH AND 8TH. ON THE 7TH...0.21 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION CLAIMED A NEW DAILY RECORD PRECIPITATION FOR FAIRBANKS AND ON THE 8TH...0.55 INCHES WAS JUST SHY OF THE DAILY RECORD OF 0.59 INCHES SET IN 1916. THE HIGHEST DAILY PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH WAS THE 0.55 INCHES WHICH FELL ON THE 8TH IN THE FORM OF RAIN. THIS WAS THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN OCTOBER IN FAIRBANKS SINCE 1986. AFTER THREE MONTHS OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION...OCTOBER MADE A COMEBACK WITH A TOTAL OF 1.38 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS 0.55 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. DESPITE THE ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...THE SNOWFALL AT FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE TOTAL OCTOBER SNOWFALL OF 7.1 INCHES WAS 3.7 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. UNLIKE MOST YEARS IN FAIRBANKS...THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW ON THE 14TH REMAINED ON THE GROUND TO ADD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WINTER SNOW PACK (1 INCH OR GREATER) ON OCTOBER 15TH...RATHER THAN MELTING. IT IS COMMON FOR THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL TO MELT...AND THE SNOW PACK TO DEVELOP WITH LATER SNOWS. THE FIRST TRACE OF SNOWFALL OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH THIS YEAR...A WEEK LATER THAN THE AVERAGE OF SEPTEMBER 21ST. THIS YEARS FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL (GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 0.1 INCH) WAS NEARLY TWO WEEKS LATER THAN NORMAL ON OCTOBER 14TH AS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL DATE WHICH IS OCTOBER 1ST. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL OF THE MONTH WAS 2.9 INCHES WHICH FELL ON THE 29TH. DURING THE INDIAN SUMMER EARLY IN THE MONTH...ON OCTOBER 4TH... FAIRBANKS AIRPORT REACHED 61 DEGREES...JUST SHORT OF THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DAY OF 62 DEGREES SET IN 1923. ON THE 4TH...COLLEGE OBSERVATORY COOPERATIVE WEATHER STATION REPORTED A NEW RECORD HIGH OF 59 DEGREES WHICH EXCEEDED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 58 DEGREES SET IN 2001. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH AT THE AIRPORT WAS 11 BELOW ON THE 24TH...FAR FROM THE RECORD DAILY LOW OF 22 BELOW SET IN 1935. OVERALL...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE FAIRBANKS AIRPORT WAS 30.3 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 14.7 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 22.5 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WAS 1.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...AND THE COOLEST OCTOBER SINCE 2008. LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER...THE WANING DAYLIGHT IS ARGUABLY THE MOST NOTICEABLE FEATURE OF NOVEMBER. FAIRBANKS LOSES NEARLY 3 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER FROM 7 HOURS AND 46 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT ON THE 1ST WITH A NOON SUN ANGLE OF 10 DEGREES...TO 4 HOURS AND 44 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT ON THE 30TH WITH A NOON SUN ANGLE OF 3 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH AND LOW ON THE 1ST IS 18 ABOVE AND 3 ABOVE RESPECTIVELY...AND ON THE 30TH IS 7 ABOVE AND 11 BELOW RESPECTIVELY. THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN NOVEMBER IS 54 DEGREES SET IN 1936 AND THE RECORD LOW IS 54 BELOW SET IN 1909.
Objective Comments and Analysis - All Science, No Politics
Primary Author Richard James
2010-2013 Author Rick Thoman
Saturday, November 3, 2012
October Summary for Fairbanks
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