Alaska Climate Research Center

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

Kodiak October 2013


Highlights

Kodiak's mean monthly temperature for October of 44.4°F was 3.9°F above normal. Temperatures stayed above normal for most of the month. On the 4th a temperature of 58°F was recorded, the highest this month, while the coldest occurred on the 26th, at 27°F. The high of 56°F record on the 15th broke the 1984 record of 55°F. Then the high of 54°F on the 27th just topped out the old record of 54°F set way back in 1936.

Precipitation was high with a total of 9.96", 1.70" above the normal of 8.26". The mean monthly wind speed was calculated as 9.8 mph; the highest gust occurred on the 3rd at 54 mph, blowing from a northwesterly direction.