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CDAK48 PAFC 190020  
CLIANC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK  
420 PM AKDT FRI AUG 18 2023  
   
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..THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 2023
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1952 TO 2023  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 64 3:00 PM 74 1978 64 0 56  
MINIMUM 47 MM 41 1969 51 -4 50  
AVERAGE 56 57 -1 53  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 0.69 1966 0.10 -0.10 0.38  
MONTH TO DATE 2.20 1.60 0.60 4.87  
SINCE JUN 1 8.02 4.44 3.58 9.20  
SINCE JAN 1 11.82 7.82 4.00 14.34  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH MM  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 9 8 1 12  
MONTH TO DATE 105 117 -12 146  
SINCE JUN 1 635 566 69 457  
SINCE JUL 1 311 291 20 313  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE JUN 1 0 7 -7 9  
SINCE JAN 1 0 7 -7 9    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (190)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 12:00 AM  
LOWEST 60 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 77  
   
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THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 71 1978  
1991  
2004  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 41 1969  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 18 2023........SUNRISE 6:17 AM AKDT SUNSET 9:50 PM AKDT  
AUGUST 19 2023........SUNRISE 6:19 AM AKDT SUNSET 9:47 PM AKDT  
 
CIVIL TWILIGHT  
AUGUST 18 2023........ START 5:24 AM AKDT END 10:42 PM AKDT  
AUGUST 19 2023........ START 5:27 AM AKDT END 10:39 PM AKDT  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
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AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY (HOUR:MIN)........15:33  
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....-0:05:34  
 

 
 
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