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Updated: 28-Oct-2021 6:10am

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Sunlight Hours

11 hrs 53 min
of Sunlight Today

49.5% 50.5%
Which is
0 min 02 sec Longer
Than Yesterday

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High Temp

99°F at Terrel County Arpt Aso, TX

Low Temp

-9°F at Barrow/W.post W.rogers, AK

Precipitation

1.55in at Oceana/Nas Soucek Fld, VA

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METRIC | IMPERIAL

Updated: 28-Oct-2021 @ 6:10am

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 33.3°F Wind Chill: 33.3°F ---
High Today 33.5°F 4:13 AM	Low Today 27.1°F 12:00 AM
Yest High 40.9°F 3:25 PM	Yest Low 27.1°F 11:57 PM
Sta* High 52.7°F 2019	Sta* Low 12.9°F 2012
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 32.0°F 0	Rec* Low 32.0°F 0
* Records from Weather Underground



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

Tonight Snow Cold! Low: 26°	Thursday Snow Cold! High: 31°	Thursday night Fog Cold! Low: 22°
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Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	28.1°F
Last Hour:	0°F
High 4:20 AM:	28.9°F
Low 12:00 AM:	22.9°F
Record High:	62.1°F on Aug-2-2021
Record Low:	-17.1°F on Jan-8-2020
Wetbulb:	31.4°F

Melt Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.09 in
Oct Rain:	1.42 in
Oct to Date Avg:¹⁰	3.27 in
Oct to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	1.85 in
Oct Avg:	1.87 in
Diff from Avg:	0.45 in
Season:¹	8.91 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	13.93 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	5.02 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	Oct-23-2021 at 2:56 AM
62 rain days in 2021
10 days in October 4 days since last rain

Current:	NE 0.0 mph
1Hr Average:	Calm
Wind Run:	0.00 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	0.0 mph
Today:	0.0 mph 9:33 AM
Month:	0.0 mph Oct-1
Year:	96.9 mph Apr-21
Record Gust:	96.9 mph Apr-21-2021

Sunlight:

11 hrs 53 min
of Sunlight Today

49.5% 50.5%
Which is
0 min 02 sec Longer
Than Yesterday

52%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	81%
Last Hour:	0%
High 1:29 AM:	86%
Low 5:15 AM:	80%
Record High:	95% Sep-20-2020
Record Low:	0% Nov-8-2020

Current:	29.460 inHg
Last Hour:	Steady
High 12:00 AM:	29.531
Low 6:07 AM:	29.460
Record High:	30.974 inHg Mar-13-2020
Record Low:	28.485 inHg Jan-29-2020

Heating Degree Days

Tide

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	8.9
Oct:	629.2
2021 to Date:	5233.7
Cooling Degree Days
2021 to Date:	0.0

Kenai River Entrance 4 hours, 41 minutes to high tide at 10:54 AM AKDT
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Current:	33.3°F
Low 12:00 AM:	27.1°F
Yesterday:	27.1°F
Record:	-17.7°F Jan-7-2020

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Available

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Density:
1.27 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:1195 W/m²

Almanac

Snow³

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Current:	Early Morning
YTD Avg Temp:	40.2°F
Sunrise:	9:40 pm
Sunset:	9:47 am
Moonrise:	3:29 pm
Moonset:	3:53 am
Full Moon:	-October-2021
New Moon:	21:15 UTC -November-2021

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Oct Snow:	0.00 in
Oct Avg:	2.13 in
Diff from Avg:	-2.13 in
Season Total:²	0.00 in
Snow Depth:	4.29 in
0 snow day in October
0 snow day this season.²

HIGHS:	LOWS:
78.6°F Aug-15-2020	-13.4°F Jan-8-2020
Daytime Records
77.9°F Aug-15-2020	-5.4°F Jan-08-2020
Nitetime Records
68.4°F Aug-16-2020	-10.5°F Jan-08-2020
ICN:18 \| S3C2:2 \| Ajax 3.xx ISS:Station 1 Low \| CON:4.6 \| RCP:91%

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 28 of just the month of October for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 28 of October for this station since 2014.

WXSIM Weather Forecast - Outlook Tonight & Thursday

Tonight

Snow
Cold!
Low: 26°

WXSIM forecast: Mostly cloudy to cloudy in the evening, becoming cloudy after midnight. A chance of snow after midnight. Low 26°. Wind chill ranging from 15 to 28. Wind east-northeast around 5 mph, gusting to 28 mph, in the evening, becoming 14 mph, gusting to 20 mph, after midnight. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. Precipitation (liquid equivalent) mostly less than a quarter of an inch. Snow accumulation about an inch.
Local station forecast: Mostly cloudy and cooler, precipitation possible within 12 hours, possibly heavy at times, windy.

Thursday

Snow
Cold!
High: 31°

WXSIM forecast: Mostly cloudy in the morning, becoming partly to mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Patchy light fog in the morning. A chance of snow in the morning, then a slight chance of snow in the afternoon. High 31°. Wind chill ranging from 15 to 23. Wind east-northeast around 13 mph, gusting to 19 mph, in the morning, becoming 8 mph, gusting to 16 mph, in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Precipitation (liquid equivalent) mostly around a tenth of an inch. Snow accumulation about half an inch.

WXSIM Short Term Weather Forecast

Thursday
night
Fog
Cold!

Fog
Cold!
Low: 22°

Friday