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CDAK48 PAFC 170945
CLIANC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK
145 AM AKDT MON AUG 17 2026
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..THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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 69 2:07 PM 81 2004 64 5 67
MINIMUM 56 5:13 AM 39 1973 51 5 49
1986
AVERAGE 63 58 5 58
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.18 1.10 2023 0.10 0.08 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.34 1.40 -1.06 0.93
SINCE JUN 1 5.28 4.24 1.04 3.30
SINCE JAN 1 12.32 7.62 4.70 8.14
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 2 7 -5 7
MONTH TO DATE 82 101 -19 103
SINCE JUN 1 597 550 47 577
SINCE JUL 1 344 275 69 257
COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 0 7 -7 0
SINCE JAN 1 0 7 -7 0
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WIND (MPH)
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 1 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (310)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 47 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 10:00 PM
LOWEST 57 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 77
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THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 78 2004
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 38 1981
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 17 2026........SUNRISE 6:15 AM AKDT SUNSET 9:52 PM AKDT
AUGUST 18 2026........SUNRISE 6:17 AM AKDT SUNSET 9:49 PM AKDT
CIVIL TWILIGHT
AUGUST 17 2026........MORNING 5:22 AM AKDT EVENING 10:45 PM AKDT
AUGUST 18 2026........MORNING 5:25 AM AKDT EVENING 10:41 PM AKDT
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AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY (HOUR:MIN)........15:37
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....-0:05:33
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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