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CDAK48 PAFC 211423 CCA  
CLIANC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK  
204 AM AKDT WED AUG 21 2024  
   
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..THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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 63 3:47 PM 77 1977 64 -1 66  
MINIMUM 45 5:46 AM 44 2000 50 -5 52  
2006  
AVERAGE 54 57 -3 59  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 0.71 1993 0.10 -0.10 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 3.90 1.80 2.10 2.20  
SINCE JUN 1 8.43 4.64 3.79 8.02  
SINCE JAN 1 13.03 8.02 5.01 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 11 8 3 6  
MONTH TO DATE 150 133 17 117  
SINCE JUN 1 598 582 16 647  
SINCE JUL 1 353 307 46 323  
 
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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (360)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 80 11:00 PM  
LOWEST 48 1:00 PM  
AVERAGE 64  
   
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THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 82 1977  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 38 1954  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 21 2024........SUNRISE 6:26 AM AKDT SUNSET 9:38 PM AKDT  
AUGUST 22 2024........SUNRISE 6:29 AM AKDT SUNSET 9:35 PM AKDT  
 
CIVIL TWILIGHT  
AUGUST 21 2024........MORNING 5:37 AM AKDT EVENING 10:25 PM AKDT  
AUGUST 22 2024........MORNING 5:40 AM AKDT EVENING 10:21 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)........15:12  
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....-0:05:36  
   
..UPDATED CIVIL TWILIGHT
 
 

 
 
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