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CDAK48 PAFC 130143  
CLIANC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK  
543 PM AKDT THU OCT 12 2023  
   
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..THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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 36 3:30 PM 56 1986 44 -8 36  
2009  
2018  
MINIMUM 30 12:00 AM 19 1961 33 -3 28  
1992  
AVERAGE 33 39 -6 32  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.04 0.78 1981 0.07 -0.03 T  
MONTH TO DATE 1.53 0.88 0.65 1.34  
SINCE SEP 1 4.56 3.98 0.58 6.52  
SINCE JAN 1 18.01 13.13 4.88 22.79  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.4 12.6 1996 0.2 0.2 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 1.2 1.3 -0.1 1.0  
SINCE SEP 1 1.2 1.7 -0.5 1.0  
SINCE JUL 1 1.2 1.7 -0.5 1.0  
SNOW DEPTH 1  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 32 26 6 33  
MONTH TO DATE 299 283 16 239  
SINCE SEP 1 795 754 41 675  
SINCE JUL 1 1186 1164 22 1110  
 
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 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (10)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
LIGHT SNOW  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 92 5:00 AM  
LOWEST 82 2:00 AM  
AVERAGE 87  
   
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THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 61 1969  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 17 1973  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 12 2023.......SUNRISE 8:35 AM AKDT SUNSET 6:58 PM AKDT  
OCTOBER 13 2023.......SUNRISE 8:38 AM AKDT SUNSET 6:54 PM AKDT  
 
CIVIL TWILIGHT  
OCTOBER 12 2023....... START 7:51 AM AKDT END 7:41 PM AKDT  
OCTOBER 13 2023....... START 7:54 AM AKDT END 7:38 PM AKDT  
 
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AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY (HOUR:MIN)........10:23  
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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