Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK
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CDAK48 PAFC 170941
CLIANC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK
141 AM AKDT FRI MAY 17 2024
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...THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 51 1:27 PM 75 1993 56 -5 51
MINIMUM 39 4:18 AM 28 2002 40 -1 37
AVERAGE 45 48 -3 44
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY T 0.45 1958 0.03 -0.03 0.03
MONTH TO DATE 0.79 0.30 0.49 0.66
SINCE MAR 1 2.19 1.42 0.77 1.37
SINCE JAN 1 4.35 3.03 1.32 3.60
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1966 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013
MONTH TO DATE 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.7
SINCE MAR 1 14.2 15.3 -1.1 13.8
SINCE JUL 1 133.3 77.9 55.4 107.9
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 20 17 3 21
MONTH TO DATE 337 302 35 335
SINCE MAR 1 2271 2342 -71 2541
SINCE JUL 1 9479 9485 -6 9605
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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 79 6:00 AM
LOWEST 56 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 68
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THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 72 2014
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 30 1992
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2024...........SUNRISE 5:07 AM AKDT SUNSET 10:49 PM AKDT
MAY 18 2024...........SUNRISE 5:04 AM AKDT SUNSET 10:51 PM AKDT
CIVIL TWILIGHT
MAY 17 2024........... START 3:53 AM AKDT END 12:04 AM AKDT
MAY 18 2024........... START 3:50 AM AKDT END 12:08 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)........17:42
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....+0:04:56
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