Alaska Climate Research Center

The Alaska State Climate Center
The Alaska State Climate Center
The Alaska State Climate Center

Kodiak December 2013


Highlights

Kodiak's mean temperature for the month was 31.2°F, ending up equal to the expected mean for December. The warmest temperature for the month was 47.0°F, observed on the 10th, which also set a record for the day, breaking the previous record of 46°F reached in both 1986 and 1979. The coldest temperature was 10°F on the 16th.

Precipitation was light at 4.45", just 51% of the normal of 8.73". Similarly, snowfall was also lighter than average with 11.6" of snow, 84% of normal of 13.8". The average wind speed was 8.5 mph, with the fastest wind speed recorded at 52 mph from a northwesterly direction, on the 22nd.