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Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK

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RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
500 AM AKDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...MORE ANCHORAGE WEATHER RECORDS TUMBLE...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON FRIDAY MAY 17TH 2013 REACHED ONLY 37
DEGREES AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE ON SAND LAKE
ROAD. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 44
DEGREES SET ON MAY 17TH 1971.

THIS LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SETS ANOTHER RECORD FOR THE LATEST DATE
OF OCCURRENCE. THE PREVIOUS LATEST DAILY MAXIMUM OF 37 DEGREES
OCCURRED ON MAY 4TH 2013.

THE RECORD FOR LIQUID PRECIPITATION FOR THE 17TH TOOK A BIG LEAP
WITH 1.30 INCHES. THIS CRUSHES THE OLD RECORD OF 0.21 INCHES SET IN
1959.

THE SNOW SEASON THIS YEAR REPORTED ANOTHER RECORD WITH 0.3
INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE DAY. THIS EDGES THE 0.2 INCHES MARK
SET IN 1989.

THIS SNOWFALL MAKES THE 2012-2013 SNOW SEASON THE LONGEST SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1917...WITH 231 DAYS BETWEEN THE FIRST MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL ON SEPTEMBER 29TH AND THE LAST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON MAY
17TH. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 230 DAYS SET IN 1981-1982.

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KUTZ/CB MAY 13
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