Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-11
SOME COMPARISONS IN CLIMATE

The people of Seward have long known that they dwell in the banana bet of Alaska On the southern tip of Kenai peninsula looking out upon the broad ex panse oft the Japan current 1t moves steadily along from the tropc seas, they conscious of their fav ored locaton proud of the purity and heathfuness of their stimulating climate.
 But thankful as they are 1t gives them grand and glorious feeling" to wake up fine morning to discover that the government of the United States in official documents is spreading the knowledge of Sew ards advantages in climatic condition to all the world And that is exactly the good work that Uncle Sam is doing, as incidental part of the dissemination of in formation by the Weather Bureau about climate n all parts of the continent of North America.
 In a summary of Archaeological Data of Alaska, recently published by the Chronological Division of the Weather Bureau at Washington, and also in Bulletin of Soil Survey of the Kena Peninsula is- sued by the Agricultural Department covering periods of years ranging from four to twenty In different lo- caites comparisons are made of climatic conditions in Seward Cordova, Valdez, Sunrise Kenai, Anchor age, Fairbanks and other settlements where official observations have been kept. Tn comparisons cover such items as temperatures by the days of each month number of clear days in the year, number or partly clear days number of cloudy days, rainy days and the average of temperatures for the months and TOT the year
 In nearly every comparison, Seward stands at the op for number of clear days average temperature ana every other factor that contributes to make good cl mate.
 Under the heading of Average number of clear and partly clear cloudy days and days with ram or snOW tables are gwen Dy tne WeaCnef bureau Wlth these resultS
 Average number of clear days in year. Seward l44 Cordova 91 Valdez 96 Kenai 134; Sunrise lO9; Fairbanks l24 Anchorage not given, but 1t is Tn the same climate as Sunrise)
 Average number of partly cloudy days in the year:-Seward 69; Cordova 83 Kenai 83; Valdez 83; Sunrise F; Fairbanks 1O8 Anchorage not given)
 Average number of cloudy days in year:-Seward l52 Cordova 181; Valdez 186; Kena 148; Sunrise 184 Fairbanks 133; Anchorage not given)
 Highest temperature for year:-SeWard 88; Cor lova 87; Valdez 84; Sunrise 79; Anchorage 87 Fair banks 95
 Lowest temperature for year:-Seward -12; Cor dova -4 Valdez 17; Sunrise -29; Anchorage 36; Fair banks 65.
 Average number of days in year with maximum of 70 degrees and above-Seward 13; Cordova '; Val dez q; Anchorage g. Fairbanks, not given.
 Mean average daily temperature for year:-Sew- ard 393 Cordova 41.2; Valdez 36.5; Kena 333; Sun rise 412; Anchorage 32.5; Fairbanks 256
 Average number of days in year below zero Sew ard 7 Cordova 2; Valdez 15 Anchorage 59; Fairbanks mot given.
 The weather Bureau compares these averages with the corresponding averages in St Louis Chicago North Dakota and Montana with surprising results in favor of the Alaska towns.
 And at most points Seward stands out consplc- 7ously among it's neighbors the best in general warm weather the best in the least number of cold days and the best in the daily average of tenn weather conditions
 It's fine to live.in the banana belt"