TALKEETNA, ALASKA
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

LATITUDE: 62 Deg. 18 Min. N LONGITUDE: 150 Deg. 06 Min. W ELEVATION: FT. GRND 345 BARO 354 TIME ZONE: ALASKA WBAN: 26528

(a)
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
YEAR
TEMPERATURE (Deg. F)
Normals
-Daily Maximum
-Daily Minimum
-Monthly
Extremes
-Record Highest
-Year
-Record Lowest
-Year






56

56



19.2
0.6
9.9

45
1961
-48
1972


25.4
4.0
14.7

51
1991
-46
1947


33.4
9.8
21-6

53
1954
-43
1956


43.4
22.4
32.9

69
1958
-37
1944


56.0
33.8
45.0

82
1958
-5
1945


64.4
44.4
54.5

91
1969
28
1940


67.7
49.0
58.4

90
1956
33
1941


64.5
45.7
55.1

85
1977
25
1974


55.6
36.6
46.1

78
1957
11
1992


39.3
23.1
31.2

68
1954
-21
1956


25.2
7.9
16.5

50
1981
-41
1956


19.7
2.9
11.3

47
1960
-45
1970


42.8
23.4
33.1

91
JUN 1969
-48
JAN 1972
NORMAL DEGREE DAYS
Heating (base 65 Deg. F)
Cooling (base 65 Deg. F)




1708
0

1408
0

1345
0

963
0

620
0

315
0

205
0

307
0

567
0

1048
0

1455
0

1665
0

l1606
0
% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE














MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)
Sunrise - Sunset
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:
Sunrise to Sunset
-Clear
-Partly Cloudy
-Cloudy
Precipitation
.01 inches or more
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
1.0 inches or more
Thunderstorms
Heavy Fog Visibility
1/4 mile or less
Temperature Deg. F
-Maximum
70 Deg. F and above
32 Deg. F and below
-Minimum
32 Deg. F and below
0 Deg. F and below

10


10
10
10

41

28
28

28


55
55

55
55

7.5


5.8
4.0
21.0

9.1

5.9
0.0

0.2


0.0
26.0

30.7
14.5

6.5


8.2
3.7
15.9

8.7

4.8
0.0

0.3


0.0
19.5

28.0
11.4

6.5


9.4
4.0
17.6

9.0

4.9
0.0

0.2


0.0
12.9

30.6
9.3

7.3


5.0
5.0
18.3

7.2

3.2
0.0

0.3


0.0
1.8

28.1
1.2

7.2


6.0
6.0
19.0

11.7

0.3
0.4

0.1


1.9
0.*

13.2
0.1

7.4


1.0
12.0
17.0

12.8

0.0
1.3

0.2


9.2
0.0

0.3
0.0

7.4


5.0
7.0
19.0

14.7

0.0
1.4

0.1


12.6
0.0

0.0
0.0

7.1


3.0
11.0
17.0

16.4

0.0
0.8

0.4


7.7
0.0

0.8
0.0

7.3


5.1
4.3
18.8

16.0

0.1
0.1

0.7


0.4
0.0

8.2
0.0

7.2


5.9
4.9
19.7

13.1

3.7
0.0

1.1


0.0
5.2

25.0
1.4

6.9


7.5
3.4
19.0

10.4

5.6
0.0

0.6


0.0
21.5

29.3
9.5

7.9


5.4
2.3
22.5

11.5

7.1
0.0

0.5


0.0
26.2

30.8
13.8

7.2


67.2
67.4
224.8

140.7

35.6
4.1

4.6


31.8
113.1

225.0
61.1
AV. STATION PRES. (mb)
6
990.5
993.5
993.4
996.2
998.4
1000.1
1002.9
1000.8
997.4
994.1
993.1
991.6
996.0
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Hour 04
Hour 10 (Local Time)
Hour 16
Hour 22

33
44
46
44

73
73
69
73

73
74
64
73

75
71
59
71

82
67
52
68

86
65
50
61

88
72
54
64

91
79
61
72

95
85
64
83

93
86
64
87

85
83
68
83

77
77
72
78

75
75
73
74

83
76
63
74
PRECIPITATION (in.)
Water Equivalent
-Normal
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Minimum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year



56

56

55


75

74



1.30
5.56
1948
T
1974
1.95
1948

60.3
1990
24.1
1990


1.44
5.57
1951
T
1979
1.80
1990

71.2
1951
36.0
1928


1.46
4.03
1946
0.06
1987
1.52
1990

56.3
1946
20.7
1946


1.59
4.51
1977
0.04
1958
1.38
1994

40.1
1964
18.0
1924


1.67
3.48
1946
0.27
1949
1.39
1941

11.0
1952
10.0
1952


2.63
6.44
1970
0.21
1952
1.58
1955

T
1952
T
1952


3.63
8.74
1981
1.08
1977
2.93
1981

0.0

0.0



4.52
11.92
1945
0.96
1941
2.54
1945

T
1952
T
1952


4.23
10.22
1990
0.91
1969
3.12
1942

18.0
1923
18.0
1923


3.10
9.99
1986
0.81
1953
5.14
1986

32.9
1976
15.0
1927


1.73
7.04
1979
0.07
1975
1.59
1979

62.7
1967
19.5
1967


1.91
6.16
1990
0.18
1995
1.89
1986

79.0
1990
21.9
1984


29.21
11.92
AUG 1945
T
FEB 1979
5.14
OCT 1986

79.0
DEC 1990
36.0
FEB 1928
WIND
Mean Speed (mph)
Prevailing Direction
through 1964
Fastest Mile
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Year
Peak Gust
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Date

12



28







6.3

N

04
38
1972





5.7

N

03
35
1987





5.4

N

03
39
1989





4.8

N

34
29
1986





5.0

S

18
32
1994





5.3

S

19
25
1994





4.3

S

17
22
1980





3.8

S

02
26
1987





3.8

N

19
25
1993





3.8

NNW

03
31
1974





5.2

N

02
31
1978





5.1

NNW

36
35
1972





4.9

N

03
39
MAR 1989




(a) - Length of Record in Years, although individual months may be missing.
0.* or * - The value is between 0.0 and 0.05.
Normals - Based on the 1961 - 1990 record period.
Extremes - Dates are the most recent occurrence.
Wind Dir.- Numerals show tens of degrees clockwise from true north. "00" indicates calm.
Resultant Directions are given to whole degrees.