CXAK57 PAJK 050034 CLMASI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 1230 PM AKST SUN NOV 03 2024 ................................... ...THE SITKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1944 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 70 10/04/2022 LOW 20 10/30/1984 HIGHEST 58 10/12 59 -1 LOWEST 30 10/21 32 -2 AVG. MAXIMUM 51.2 50.8 0.4 AVG. MINIMUM 42.8 41.9 0.9 MEAN 47.0 46.4 0.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 2 1.9 0.1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 30.84 1978 MINIMUM 4.78 2016 TOTALS 12.99 11.78 1.21 DAILY AVG. 0.42 0.38 0.04 DAYS >= .01 25 23.7 1.3 DAYS >= .10 21 19.1 1.9 DAYS >= .50 11 9.1 1.9 DAYS >= 1.00 4 3.1 0.9 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.32 10/11 TO 10/12 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 550 578 -28 SINCE 7/1 1261 1436 -175 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 1 1 0 FREEZE DATES EARLIEST 10/08 10/08 LATEST 03/14 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/110 DATE 10/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 65/100 DATE 10/12 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 17 LIGHT RAIN 26 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 1 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ...TYPICAL AUTUMN TEMPERATE RAINFOREST WEATHER FOR OCTOBER FOR SE AK... The average daily temperature difference was less than a degree from normal for all 4 Southeast Alaskan climate sites, and it was wet for 3 out of the 4 locations. The only exception was Yakutat Airport, which was 3.73 inches below normal for the month. The other locations were either near normal(Juneau Airport) or slightly above normal(Ketchikan & Sitka Airports). The reason for this monthly liquid equivalent precipitation total distribution is that we had more Atmospheric River tracks aimed toward the southern half of the Panhandle for October than we typically see. Juneau Airport reported 1.7 inches of total snow accumulation for the month. This is 0.8 inches above normal. As for records, Juneau Airport tied their old snow accumulation record of a trace on the 17th, which was originally set in 2012. On the 20th, Juneau Airport broke its low temperature record for the day by 1 degree with 22 degrees, which was set back in 1961. On that same day, the Sitka Airport tied their low temperature record with 31 degrees that was also originally set back in 1961. On the 21st, Juneau Airport broke its low temperature record for the day by 4 degrees with 20 degrees, which was set in 2020. On the 29th, Yakutat Airport broke their daily liquid equivalent precipitation record of 2.31 inches with 3.78 inches, which was set back in 1957. Chambers $$