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Updated: 16-Jul-2020 8:25am

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Sunlight Hours

11 hrs 53 min
of Sunlight Today

49.5% 50.5%
Which is
0 min 01 sec Shorter
Than Yesterday

Weather Extremes
Past 24 Hours

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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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Updated: 16-Jul-2020 @ 8:25am

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 58.5°F ---
High Today 58.5°F 8:24 AM	Low Today 54.3°F 3:33 AM
Yest High 64.5°F 10:13 AM	Yest Low 47.9°F 5:01 AM
Sta* High 71.6°F 2019	Sta* Low 44.3°F 2014
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 32.0°F 0	Rec* Low 32.0°F 0
* Records from Weather Underground



	Clear
	Wind: SSW 0.0 Gusting to: 0.0 mph
	Rain: 0.00 in
	Current FWI:⁴ Fire Danger: 0.2 of 232

Today Partly Cloudy High: 69°	Tonight Fog late Low: 52°	Friday Fog a.m. High: 59°
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Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	54.6°F
Last Hour:	1.5°F
High 8:24 AM:	54.6°F
Low 3:33 AM:	51.4°F
Record High:	58.8°F on Jul-4-2020
Record Low:	-17.1°F on Jan-8-2020
Wetbulb:	56.4°F

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.57 in
Jul Rain:	1.02 in
Jul to Date Avg:¹⁰	1.73 in
Jul to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	0.71 in
Jul Avg:	0.00 in
Diff from Avg:	1.02 in
Season:¹	5.12 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	5.83 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	0.71 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	Jul-12-2020 at 11:46 AM
47 rain days in 2020
3 days in July 3 days since last rain

Current:	SSW 0.0 mph
1Hr Average:	1.7 mph
Wind Run:	6.65 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	0.0 mph
Today:	7.0 mph 2:34 AM
Month:	21.0 mph Jul-5
Year:	41.4 mph Feb-8
Record Gust:	41.4 mph Feb-8-2020

Sunlight:

11 hrs 53 min
of Sunlight Today

49.5% 50.5%
Which is
0 min 01 sec Shorter
Than Yesterday

16%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	87%
Last Hour:	3%
High 3:44 AM:	91%
Low 12:00 AM:	87%
Record High:	94% Feb-5-2020
Record Low:	24% Mar-30-2020

Current:	29.733 inHg
Last Hour:	Steady
High 12:14 AM:	29.755
Low 8:14 AM:	29.733
Record High:	30.974 inHg Mar-13-2020
Record Low:	28.485 inHg Jan-29-2020

Cooling Degree Days

Tide

Heat Index

Air

Today:	0.0
Jul:	0.0
2020 to Date:	0.0
Heating Degree Days
2020 to Date:	5071.5

Kenai River Entrance 6 hours, 13 minutes to high tide at 02:42 PM AKDT
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Current:	58.5°F
High 8:24am:	58.5°F
Yesterday:	64.5°F
Record:	77.5°F Jun-17-2020

Anchorage
Air Quality
Index⁶:
17

Good

Density:
1.21 kg/m³

Current UV Index

Current Solar Energy⁹

0.8

Sunburn in

140 Minutes

Highest:
8:19 AM
0.8

162 W/m²
0%
W/m² ⇒ SI

High Today:
8:14 AM
163 W/m² Record:1195 W/m²

Almanac

Snow³

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Current:	Early Morning
YTD Avg Temp:	36.3°F
Sunrise:	10:02 pm
Sunset:	10:09 am
Moonrise:	6:13 pm
Moonset:	6:35 am
Full Moon:	-July-2020
New Moon:	17:33 UTC -July-2020

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Jul Snow:	0.00 in
Jul Avg:	0.00 in
Diff from Avg:	0.00 in
Season Total:²	0.00 in
Snow Depth:	4.29 in
0 snow day in July
0 snow day this season.²

HIGHS:	LOWS:
75.0°F May-28-2020	-13.4°F Jan-8-2020
Daytime Records
74.1°F May-28-2020	-5.4°F Jan-08-2020
Nitetime Records
58.6°F May-29-2020	-10.5°F Jan-08-2020
ICN:0 \| 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 16 of just the month of July for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 16 of July for this station since 2014.

WXSIM Weather Forecast - Outlook Today & Tonight

Today

Partly Cloudy
High: 69°

WXSIM forecast: Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Mild. High 69°. UV index up to 4. Wind southwest around 4 mph in the morning, becoming 10 mph, gusting to 18 mph, in the afternoon. Maximum freezing level 9600 feet above sea level.
Local station forecast: Mostly cloudy and cooler, precipitation possible within 12 hours, possibly heavy at times, windy.

Tonight

Fog late
Low: 52°

WXSIM forecast: Mostly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy to cloudy after midnight. Moderate fog after midnight. Low 52°. Wind south-southwest around 8 mph, gusting to 18 mph, in the evening, becoming south-southeast around 3 mph after midnight. Minimum freezing level 8500 feet above sea level.

WXSIM Short Term Weather Forecast

Friday

Fog a.m.
High: 59°

Friday
night
Fog