Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK
Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK
000 CXAK58 PAFC 011025 CLMANC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK 225 AM AKDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1952 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 82 08/02/1978 08/21/1977 08/06/1968 LOW 4 08/31/1984 08/28/1984 HIGHEST 73 MM MM 71 LOWEST 47 MM MM 46 AVG. MAXIMUM 65.1 64.0 1.1 60.9 AVG. MINIMUM 52.5 50.9 1.6 51.4 MEAN 58.8 57.5 1.3 56.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.77 1989 MINIMUM 0.04 TOTALS 3.83 2.93 0.90 6.80 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.09 0.03 0.22 DAYS >= .01 15 14.4 0.6 25 DAYS >= .10 9 8.3 0.7 16 DAYS >= .50 2 1.5 0.5 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.3 0.7 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.70 08/15 TO 08/16 1.61 STORM TOTAL 1.10 1.48 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM SNOW DEPTH 0 MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL MM 0.0 STORM TOTAL 0.0 0.0 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 185 236 -51 268 SINCE 7/1 391 412 -21 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 0 SINCE 1/1 0 8 -8 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/28/1984 LATEST 05/22/1964 EARLIEST MM LATEST 05/05 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/160 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/140 DATE 08/26 32/130 08/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/150 DATE 08/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.75 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 15 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 80 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$