Alaska Climate Research Center

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

Kodiak October 2016


Highlights

The mean monthly temperature for Kodiak in October was 44.0°F, 3.5°F above normal. The highest temperature for the month was 59°F on the 3rd. One daily high record was set, on the 13th the high of 55°F observed broke the old 1936 record for that day by 1°F. The lowest temperature for the month was 22°F on the 18th, setting a daily low record for that day, breaking the old record of 24°F set in 1994. One day prior, on the 17th, the 23°F observed also set a low record for that day, breaking the old 1997 record by 1°F.

Precipitation was 140% of normal with 11.58” measured and 8.26” expected. Snowfall however was a mere 0.2” while 1.1” were expected. The average wind speed was 12.3 mph while the highest wind speed was 56 mph occurring on the 11th from a northeasterly direction and on the 18th from a northeasterly direction.