Alaska Climate Research Center

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

Kodiak February 2017


Highlights

February’s mean monthly temperature for Kodiak was 30.0°F, just 0.8°F below normal. The highest temperature for the month was 46°F occurring on the 23rd, while the minimum was 9°F occurring four times: on the 10th, 11th (which set a minimum temperature record for that day, breaking the old 1996 record by 1°F), 12th, and 21st.

Precipitation was measured at 2.59”, 3.55” below normal of 6.19", while snowfall was just 85% of normal with 12.8” recorded and 15.1” expected. The total snowfall of 4.8" on the 15th set a new daily record, breaking the old 2012 record of 4.2". The average wind speed was 8.6 mph while the highest wind speed was 60 mph from a westerly direction on the 27th.