Climatological Data - Southwest
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Climatological Data - Southwest
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| The Southwestern Islands includes the tip of the Alaska peninsula (Cold Bay), the islands in the Bering Sea (St. Paul) and the Aleutian chain (Adak, Shemya, and Attu), stretching across the 180th meridian toward Siberia. All of the stations are coastal, located near sea level. This part of the state is the most dependant on military and Coast Guard stations for formal weather reports, especially in the Aleutians themselves. It is also the only region of Alaska on a more westerly time zone than the mainland: Aleutian time is based on the 150th Meridian. This area is home of the Aleutian Low, the heart of the North Pacific extratropical storm belt. The local economy is based almost entirely on fishing, and weather information here is critical locally as well as globally. |
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| About the products: Means are based on daily observations over the period 1971 - 2000, the most recent climatological normal period. The period of record for extremes varies by station. | ||||||