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Updated: 23-Feb-2020 1:15am

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Sunlight Hours

11 hrs 54 min
of Sunlight Today

49.6% 50.4%
Which is
0 min 01 sec Shorter
Than Yesterday

Weather Extremes
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USA

High Temp

85°F at San Juan, PR
85°F at Roosevelt Roads Nas, PU

Low Temp

-29°F at Clayton Lake, ME
-29°F at Houlton/Intl, ME

Precipitation

0.57in at Petersburg, AK
0.57in at Ketchikan/Intl, AK

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WIND CHILL ADVISORY - Central Beaufort Sea Coast - Chukchi Sea Coast - Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast - Northern Arctic Coast - Western Arctic Coast

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY - Chukchi Sea Coast

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Updated: 23-Feb-2020 @ 1:15am

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 15.5°F Wind Chill: 15.5°F ---
High Today 15.7°F 12:00 AM	Low Today 15.3°F 12:43 AM
Yest High 23.4°F 1:51 PM	Yest Low 13.1°F 7:45 PM
Sta* High 41.5°F 2015	Sta* Low -0.9°F 2011
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 32.0°F 0	Rec* Low 32.0°F 0
* Records from Weather Underground



	Overcast
	Wind: NNW 0.8 Gusting to: 1.0 mph
	SnowMelt: 0.00 in
	Current FWI:⁴ Fire Danger: 0.0 of 232

Tonight Mostly Cloudy Cold! Low: 11°	Sunday Mostly Cloudy High: 13°	Sunday night Clear Cold! Low: 0°
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Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	12.8°F
Last Hour:	0.4°F
High 1:15 AM:	12.8°F
Low 12:31 AM:	12.0°F
Record High:	36.7°F on Feb-18-2020
Record Low:	-17.2°F on Jan-8-2020
Wetbulb:	14.9°F

Melt Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.22 in
Feb Rain:	0.70 in
Feb to Date Avg:¹⁰	0.71 in
Feb to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	0.01 in
Feb Avg:	0.00 in
Diff from Avg:	0.70 in
Season:¹	0.70 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	0.71 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	0.01 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	Feb-18-2020 at 4:32 PM
4 rain days in 2020
4 days in February 4 days since last rain

Current:	NNW 0.8 mph
1Hr Average:	Calm
Wind Run:	0.38 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	1.0 mph
Today:	3.5 mph 1:52 AM
Month:	41.4 mph Feb-8
Year:	41.4 mph Feb-8
Record Gust:	41.4 mph Feb-8-2020

Sunlight:

11 hrs 54 min
of Sunlight Today

49.6% 50.4%
Which is
0 min 01 sec Shorter
Than Yesterday

0%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	89%
Last Hour:	2%
High 12:49 AM:	89%
Low 12:18 AM:	86%
Record High:	94% Feb-5-2020
Record Low:	53% Feb-10-2020

Current:	29.906 inHg
Last Hour:	Rising slowly
High 1:10 AM:	29.908
Low 12:01 AM:	29.875
Record High:	30.311 inHg Feb-11-2020
Record Low:	28.486 inHg Jan-29-2020

Heating Degree Days

Tide

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	2.0
Feb:	942.4
2020 to Date:	1626.9
Cooling Degree Days
2020 to Date:	0.0

Kenai River Entrance 0 minutes to tide at 02:00 PM AHST
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Current:	15.5°F
Low 1:06 AM:	12.0°F
Yesterday:	7.6°F
Record:	-17.6°F Jan-7-2020

Anchorage
Air Quality
Index⁶:
10

Good

Density:
1.34 kg/m³

Current UV Index

Current Solar Energy⁹

0.0

Sunburn in

720 Minutes

Highest:
12:00 AM
0.0

0 W/m²
0%
W/m² ⇒ SI

High Today:
12:00 AM
0 W/m² Record:336 W/m²

Almanac

Snow³

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Current:	Night
YTD Avg Temp:	15.7°F
Sunrise:	9:10 pm
Sunset:	9:16 am
Moonrise:	9:02 pm
Moonset:	9:23 am
Full Moon:	-February-2020
New Moon:	15:33 UTC -February-2020

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Feb Snow:	0.00 in
Feb Avg:	8.86 in
Diff from Avg:	-8.86 in
Season Total:²	0.00 in
Snow Depth:	4.29 in
0 snow day in February
0 snow day this season.²

HIGHS:	LOWS:
39.7°F Feb-17-2020	-13.3°F Jan-8-2020
Daytime Records
34.9°F Feb-09-2020	-5.5°F Jan-08-2020
Nitetime Records
36.2°F Feb-09-2020	-10.5°F Jan-08-2020
ICN:18 \| S3C2:2 \| Ajax 3.xx ISS:Ok \| CON:4.6 \| RCP:100%

¹ Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st. ⁴ Updated at Noon Central Time. ⁶ Air Quality Index is provided by State of Alaska DEC and is updated hourly between the hours of 6AM and Midnight. ⁹ Solar Index represents either an absolute scale of solar energy (W/m²) using the station’s recorded maximum or a percentage of computed theoretical solar maximum using the station’s location and time of day. These indices differ most when the sun is low on the horizon. The current scale is shown, and will toggle if it or the icon is clicked. ¹⁰ Historical average only to day 23 of just the month of February for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 23 of February for this station since 2014.

WXSIM Weather Forecast - Outlook Tonight & Sunday

Tonight

Mostly Cloudy
Cold!
Low: 11°

WXSIM forecast: Mostly cloudy to cloudy in the evening, becoming dense overcast after midnight. Cold. Low 11°. Wind chill ranging from -2 to 14. Wind east-northeast around 4 mph, gusting to 19 mph, in the evening, becoming 10 mph, gusting to 17 mph, after midnight.
Local station forecast: Partly cloudy and cooler.

Sunday

Mostly Cloudy
High: 13°

WXSIM forecast: Mostly cloudy to cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly sunny in the afternoon. Breezy and very cold. High 13°. Wind chill around -3. Wind east-northeast around 13 mph, gusting to 20 mph.

WXSIM Short Term Weather Forecast

Sunday
night
Clear
Cold!

Clear
Cold!
Low: 0°

Monday