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CDAK48 PAFC 201450 CCA  
CLIANC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK  
225 AM AKDT TUE AUG 20 2024  
   
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..THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 2024  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1952 TO 2024  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 65 6:04 PM 71 1978 64 1 66  
1991  
2004  
MINIMUM 53 11:59 PM 41 1969 51 2 52  
AVERAGE 59 57 2 59  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY T 0.81 2006 0.10 -0.10 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 3.90 1.70 2.20 2.20  
SINCE JUN 1 8.43 4.54 3.89 8.02  
SINCE JAN 1 13.03 7.92 5.11 11.82  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 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 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 6 8 -2 6  
MONTH TO DATE 139 125 14 111  
SINCE JUN 1 587 574 13 641  
SINCE JUL 1 342 299 43 317  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE JUN 1 3 7 -4 0  
SINCE JAN 1 3 7 -4 0    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (180)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 71 5:00 AM  
LOWEST 50 6:00 PM  
AVERAGE 61  
   
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THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 77 1977  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 44 2000  
2006  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 20 2024........SUNRISE 6:24 AM AKDT SUNSET 9:41 PM AKDT  
AUGUST 21 2024........SUNRISE 6:26 AM AKDT SUNSET 9:38 PM AKDT  
 
CIVIL TWILIGHT  
AUGUST 20 2024........MORNING 5:34 AM AKDT EVENING 10:28 PM AKDT  
AUGUST 21 2024........MORNING 5:37 AM AKDT EVENING 10:25 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)........15:18  
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....-0:05:35  
   
..ADDED CIVIL TWILIGHT  
 
 
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