Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK
Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK
502 CXAK58 PAFC 011022 CLMANC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK 122 AM AKST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 51 12/09/2019 LOW -36 12/14/1964 12/28/1961 12/27/1961 HIGHEST 35 MM MM 33 LOWEST -6 MM MM -12 AVG. MAXIMUM 22.2 25.0 -2.8 20.7 AVG. MINIMUM 11.4 13.8 -2.4 8.4 MEAN 16.8 19.4 -2.6 14.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 29 23.9 5.1 30 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 30.6 0.4 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 4 4.5 -0.5 7 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.93 2022 MINIMUM 0.09 TOTALS 2.07 1.16 0.91 3.81 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.04 0.03 0.12 DAYS >= .01 17 10.8 6.2 MM DAYS >= .10 9 4.0 5.0 MM DAYS >= .50 0 0.2 -0.2 MM DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.40 12/12 TO 12/12 1.53 STORM TOTAL 0.40 1.12 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 41.6 1955 24 HR TOTAL MM MM SNOW DEPTH 47 12/31/1955 TOTALS 39.0 18.2 20.8 41.2 SINCE 7/1 79.5 36.8 42.7 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 20 22 DAYS >= TRACE 22 10.8 11.2 MM DAYS >= 1.0 10 5.0 5.0 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 26 12/20 35 12/21 12/25 24 HR TOTAL MM 41.2 STORM TOTAL 5.8 10.4 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1489 1414 75 1557 SINCE 7/1 4361 4424 -63 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 8 -8 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/28/1984 LATEST 05/22/1964 EARLIEST 09/19 LATEST 05/05 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/020 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 69/030 DATE 12/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/160 DATE 12/08 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.79 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 1 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 20 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 81 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 0 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 7 LIGHT SNOW 21 SLEET 1 FOG 25 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$