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CDAK48 PAFC 190057
CLIANC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK
457 PM AKDT TUE AUG 18 2026
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..THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.
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)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 63 2:55 PM 74 1978 64 -1 69
MINIMUM 56 8:35 AM 41 1969 51 5 50
AVERAGE 60 57 3 60
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 0.69 1966 0.10 -0.10 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.52 1.60 -1.08 0.93
SINCE JUN 1 5.46 4.44 1.02 3.30
SINCE JAN 1 12.50 7.82 4.68 8.14
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 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
TODAY 5 8 -3 5
MONTH TO DATE 94 117 -23 117
SINCE JUN 1 609 566 43 591
SINCE JUL 1 356 291 65 271
COOLING
TODAY 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 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (160)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 80 8:00 AM
LOWEST 65 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 73
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THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 71 1978
1991
2004
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 41 1969
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 18 2026........SUNRISE 6:17 AM AKDT SUNSET 9:49 PM AKDT
AUGUST 19 2026........SUNRISE 6:20 AM AKDT SUNSET 9:46 PM AKDT
CIVIL TWILIGHT
AUGUST 18 2026........START 5:25 AM AKDT END 10:41 PM AKDT
AUGUST 19 2026........START 5:28 AM AKDT END 10:38 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)........15:32
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....-0:05:34
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