Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
990 CXAK57 PAJK 061417 CLMYAK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 246 AM AKDT FRI OCT 04 2024 ................................... ...THE YAKUTAT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1917 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 77 09/04/1957 LOW 16 09/09/1940 HIGHEST 61 09/14 64 -3 LOWEST 33 09/29 30 3 09/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.9 56.9 -0.0 AVG. MINIMUM 44.5 41.9 2.6 MEAN 50.7 49.4 1.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 3.4 -3.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 48.33 1987 MINIMUM 2.44 1986 TOTALS 15.03 19.03 -4.00 DAILY AVG. 0.50 0.63 -0.13 DAYS >= .01 26 21.8 4.2 DAYS >= .10 20 18.7 1.3 DAYS >= .50 11 11.9 -0.9 DAYS >= 1.00 8 6.7 1.3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.98 09/12 TO 09/13 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 422 468 -46 SINCE 7/1 945 1087 -142 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 FREEZE DATES EARLIEST MM LATEST 05/02 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/060 DATE 09/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/050 DATE 09/30 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 18 LIGHT RAIN 26 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 29 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA FOR SEPTEMBER... For the most part, we had typical Southeast Alaska Autumn rainforest weather for the month of September. We had a some Atmospheric Rivers move over the area that, luckily, didn`t stick around for too long. Earlier on in the month, the northern Panhandle was more impacted by them. The moisture plumes that moved in during the last half of the month impacted the southern Panhandle more. September was a bit drier and warmer along the Outer Coast than the other portions of the Panhandle. As for precipitation, Juneau Airport was only 0.14 inches below normal. Sitka Airport was 1.84 inches below normal. Ketchikan Airport was only 0.6 inches below normal, and Yakutat Airport was 4 inches below normal for the month. As for temperatures, Juneau Airport was only 0.1 degrees above normal. Sitka Airport was 1.6 degrees above normal. Ketchikan Airport was only 0.4 degrees above normal, and Yakutat Airport was 1.3 degrees above normal for the month. Not that we really use the October through September Water Year in Alaska, but, interestingly, the Juneau Airport finished it as the 4th wettest with about 72 inches in total. Chambers $$