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CDAK48 PAFC 080102  
CLIANC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK  
502 PM AKDT SAT OCT 07 2023  
   
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..THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 2023
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 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 48 2:14 PM 54 1979 47 1 53  
MINIMUM 40 9:10 AM 18 1958 35 5 47  
AVERAGE 44 41 3 50  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY T 0.81 1980 0.07 -0.07 0.12  
MONTH TO DATE 1.00 0.55 0.45 0.43  
SINCE SEP 1 4.03 3.65 0.38 5.61  
SINCE JAN 1 17.48 12.80 4.68 21.88  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 8.4 1982 0.1 -0.1 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE T 0.6 -0.6 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 T 1.0 -1.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 T 1.0 -1.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 21 24 -3 15  
MONTH TO DATE 165 157 8 114  
SINCE SEP 1 661 628 33 550  
SINCE JUL 1 1052 1038 14 985  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0  
SINCE JAN 1 0 8 -8 9    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 97 12:00 AM  
LOWEST 80 1:00 PM  
AVERAGE 89  
   
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THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 57 1993  
2022  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 16 1958  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 7 2023.......SUNRISE 8:22 AM AKDT SUNSET 7:13 PM AKDT  
OCTOBER 8 2023.......SUNRISE 8:24 AM AKDT SUNSET 7:10 PM AKDT  
 
CIVIL TWILIGHT  
OCTOBER 07 2023....... START 7:39 AM AKDT END 7:56 PM AKDT  
OCTOBER 08 2023....... START 7:41 AM AKDT END 7:53 PM AKDT  
 
AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY (HOUR:MIN)........10:57  
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....-0:05:39  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 

 
 
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