Author Topic: SE Alaska Weather
Azure-TheBlueOne 
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Subject: SE Alaska Weather
2011 -

Total rain: 171.36 inches
Peak winds: 64 mph on September 23, but unofficially, local residents noted several much higher windfalls during the year!
The windiest daily average was December 23 at 23.6 mph
The hottest day was July 12 at 77 degrees.
The coldest was 3 above on Feb. 28.
Wettest day was September 20, when 5 inches was recorded.
Most rainy days in a row was 19 between Oct. 15 and Nov. 2
Most sunny days in a row was 7 from January 7 to January 16.
Total rainy days in 2011: 286 - plain
The first snowfall was in mid November, leading to a rare White Thanksgiving in Ketchikan. Naturally, it was followed by a Wet Christmas.
There were only 31 days without precipitation in the last six months of the year.
Weather superlatives
Days that recorded their all time highest rainfall:
May 4 (2.9 inches)
July 1 (3.69 inches)
Aug. 20 (4.63 inches)
Aug. 23 (3.80 inches)
Sept. 20 (5 inches)
September 2011 was the wettest September on record at 28.33 inches
May 31 was warmest May 31 on record at 76 degrees
Feb. 28 was coldest Feb. 28 on record at 3 degrees.


Wet, windy and temperate year. The Summer was cold, and this Winter is warm-mild.

 

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