Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXAK57 PAJK 011945 CLMASI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 1132 AM AKDT TUE AUG 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SITKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1944 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 88 07/30/1976 LOW 41 07/05/1945 07/04/1945 HIGHEST 73 07/28 72 1 LOWEST 50 07/03 46 4 07/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 63.9 60.4 3.5 AVG. MINIMUM 54.7 52.5 2.2 MEAN 59.3 56.5 2.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.27 1959 MINIMUM 0.80 2009 TOTALS 1.84 4.62 -2.78 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.15 -0.09 DAYS >= .01 9 18.9 -9.9 DAYS >= .10 4 11.4 -7.4 DAYS >= .50 2 2.6 -0.6 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.26 07/22 TO 07/23 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 168 266 -98 SINCE 7/1 168 266 -98 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 1 0 1 FREEZE DATES EARLIEST 10/08 LATEST 03/14 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/300 DATE 07/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 29/340 DATE 07/06 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL FOR SE AK FOR JULY... For the vast majority of the month, ridges of high pressure, generally offshore flow, and warm air advection dominated the weather over the Panhandle, which kept surface conditions dry, skies clear to partly cloudy, and temperatures warm for the month. Therefore, for all 4 climate sites, the average monthly temperature was above normal and the total monthly precipitation was below normal for the month of July. We had a small handful of relatively quick-moving weather systems scattered throughout the month that generally brought mostly cloudy to cloudy skies and rain to SE AK and kept temperatures moderated for those days, but not enough to bring any of the climate sites up to normal for rainfall or down to normal for temperatures. Chambers $$