******************************************************************************** Palmer Station Weather Highlights: January 2002 Temperature: Abs Max: 8.5 C Day: 17 Abs Min: -3.9 C Day: 22 Avg: 2.0 C Avg Max: 4.8 C Avg Min: 0.3 C Pressure: Abs Max: 1000.7 mb Day: 31 Abs Min: 964.7 mb Day: 20 Avg: 983.9 mb Avg Max: 988.1 mb Avg Min: 980.2 mb Wind: Peak: 53 kts Day: 14 Avg: 8 kts Days Prevailing: N: 6 NE: 0 E: 8 SE: 3 S: 3 SW: 3 W: 3 NW: 5 Precipitation: Melted: 80.0 mm YTD: 80.0 mm Snow: 5 cm YTD: 5 cm Days with Precipitation: 23 Days with Snow: 17 Maximum Snowstake Depth: 78 cm Day: 1 Clouds: Average Cloud Coverage: 89% Days Overcast: 24 Days Partly Cloudy: 7 Days Clear: 0 ============================== Daily Weather Data ============================== Column Titles: 1. Day 9. Wind Peak Direction (degrees) 2. Temperature High (C) 10. Wind Avg (knots) 3. Temperature Low (C) 11. Wind Prevailing Direction 4. Temperature Avg (C) 12. Precipitation Melted (mm) 5. Pressure High (mb) 13. Precipitation Snow (cm) 6. Pressure Low (mb) 14. Depth at Snowstake (cm) 7. Pressure Avg (mb) 15. Sky Coverage (tenths) 8. Wind Peak (knots) 16. Sea Temp/Ice (WMO coding) 01 6.2 2.5 4.3 998.0 986.0 990.4 45 030 14 E 13.6 0 78 10 000070/6/0 02 8.0 1.1 3.7 998.0 993.8 996.8 33 010 17 N 0.7 0 73 7 000060/5/0 03 4.6 1.4 2.8 996.6 993.5 995.1 44 360 25 N 2.0 T 68 7 00013///// 04 4.1 1.0 2.1 995.0 983.5 989.1 44 020 19 N 4.4 T 53 8 000120/6/0 05 5.2 1.3 2.8 983.5 970.2 972.2 26 080 9 E 0.6 0 51 10 000110/6/0 06 6.0 -0.1 2.0 977.8 969.9 973.1 19 100 4 E 6.6 2 50 7 000100/6/0 07 5.5 -0.1 2.2 983.9 978.0 981.9 19 010 3 N 0.0 0 45 9 000140/5/0 08 8.2 0.4 3.6 979.8 971.9 974.2 22 110 6 E 0.0 0 39 6 000120/6/0 09 4.0 0.5 1.4 984.3 977.2 982.8 11 290 4 W 0.5 T 32 9 000220/6/0 10 3.5 0.0 2.1 984.0 974.0 978.2 40 020 11 E 1.7 1 30 10 000170/4/0 11 3.7 0.5 1.6 989.2 975.9 984.5 32 330 15 NW 6.6 T 22 10 000170/6/0 12 4.0 0.9 1.5 989.0 986.0 987.1 12 090 1 E 2.3 T 24 10 000170/6/0 13 3.0 0.4 1.3 990.8 986.8 988.6 17 310 3 NW 5.1 0 17 9 000170/5/0 14 3.0 0.0 0.9 989.7 971.0 976.8 53 030 23 SW 7.9 T 13 10 000140/4/0 15 5.5 -1.0 1.0 989.0 979.8 986.0 22 220 6 SW 0.4 1 10 6 000200/5/0 16 4.0 0.1 1.6 988.3 983.0 983.7 23 360 6 SE 6.7 T 7 10 000140/5/0 17 8.5 1.1 3.3 984.0 972.5 978.9 44 020 12 N 2.3 0 3 9 000090/5/0 18 4.0 1.0 1.7 985.0 977.5 983.3 25 330 10 NW 4.8 T 0 10 000120/5/0 19 4.2 0.0 1.8 987.8 983.1 985.2 30 020 10 NW 4.0 1 0 10 000090/4/0 20 4.5 2.0 3.0 983.0 964.7 971.0 42 020 21 N 5.3 T 0 9 000110/6/0 21 5.8 0.5 1.9 972.0 965.5 968.6 16 300 5 NW 1.0 T 0 10 000130/6/0 22 4.0 -3.9 0.8 988.3 972.0 981.2 20 240 4 SW 0.0 0 0 5 000170/6/0 23 3.2 -0.3 1.1 989.7 987.5 987.9 15 240 5 W 2.0 T 0 10 000150/4/0 24 5.2 1.0 3.1 988.9 981.0 983.9 30 010 8 SE 1.3 T 0 10 000120/6/0 25 5.0 1.0 2.5 981.0 974.3 975.8 13 100 2 SE T 0 0 10 000130/4/0 26 7.5 0.5 3.4 986.0 975.5 982.1 6 120 1 S 0.0 0 0 8 000180/5/0 27 5.0 0.5 2.4 988.0 986.2 987.4 7 100 1 E 0.0 0 0 10 000180/4/0 28 2.5 -1.0 -0.1 989.2 986.5 987.3 9 180 3 S 0.2 T 0 10 000210/4/0 29 2.4 -1.8 0.1 993.9 989.2 991.9 10 110 3 S 0.0 0 0 10 000190/6/0 30 2.4 -0.8 0.6 997.3 993.9 995.5 7 290 2 W 0.0 0 0 10 000160/5/0 31 5.0 0.0 2.3 1000.7 997.3 999.9 25 010 2 E 0.0 0 0 7 000190/6/0