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CDAK48 PAFC 181951 CCA
CLIANC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK
143 AM AKDT MON MAY 18 2026
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..THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2026
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1952 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 48 1:51 PM 72 2014 57 -9 56
MINIMUM 41 6:40 AM 30 1992 40 1 43
AVERAGE 45 48 -3 50
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY T 0.52 2013 0.02 -0.02 0.02
MONTH TO DATE 1.51 0.32 1.19 0.63
SINCE MAR 1 3.27 1.44 1.83 2.79
SINCE JAN 1 6.94 3.05 3.89 4.53
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.3 2013 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE T 0.3 -0.3 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 11.1 15.3 -4.2 30.2
SINCE JUL 1 76.7 77.9 -1.2 61.6
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 20 16 4 15
MONTH TO DATE 357 318 39 317
SINCE MAR 1 2822 2358 464 2064
SINCE JUL 1 10049 9501 548 8711
COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0
SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (160)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.4
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 76 6:00 AM
LOWEST 51 12:00 PM
AVERAGE 64
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THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 69 2002
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 28 2013
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 18 2026...........SUNRISE 5:05 AM AKDT SUNSET 10:50 PM AKDT
MAY 19 2026...........SUNRISE 5:03 AM AKDT SUNSET 10:52 PM AKDT
CIVIL TWILIGHT
MAY 18 2026...........MORNING 3:51 AM AKDT EVENING 12:06 AM AKDT
MAY 19 2026...........MORNING 3:48 AM AKDT EVENING 12:10 AM 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)........17:45
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....+0:04:54
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