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Updated: 20-Oct-2020 6:20am

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Sunlight Hours

11 hrs 53 min
of Sunlight Today

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

Weather Extremes
Past 24 Hours

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USA

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: 20-Oct-2020 @ 6:20am

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 27.5°F Wind Chill: 27.5°F ---
High Today 29.7°F 12:05 AM	Low Today 25.8°F 2:56 AM
Yest High 43.4°F 2:51 PM	Yest Low 28.2°F 8:31 AM
Sta* High 51.7°F 2018	Sta* Low 14.2°F 2017
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 32.0°F 0	Rec* Low 32.0°F 0
* Records from Weather Underground



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

Tonight Fog late Cold! Low: 23°	Tuesday Fog a.m. Cold! High: 37°	Tuesday night Fog late Cold! Low: 19°
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Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	25.7°F
Last Hour:	1.2°F
High 12:05 AM:	27.9°F
Low 2:56 AM:	24.1°F
Record High:	61.3°F on Jul-31-2020
Record Low:	-17.1°F on Jan-8-2020
Wetbulb:	26.9°F

Melt Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.27 in
Oct Rain:	0.35 in
Oct to Date Avg:¹⁰	2.37 in
Oct to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	2.02 in
Oct Avg:	0.00 in
Diff from Avg:	0.35 in
Season:¹	10.89 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	12.91 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	2.02 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	Oct-18-2020 at 3:45 PM
85 rain days in 2020
6 days in October 1 day since last rain

Current:	E 0.0 mph
1Hr Average:	Calm
Wind Run:	0.52 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	0.0 mph
Today:	5.0 mph 4:08 AM
Month:	26.0 mph Oct-4
Year:	42.6 mph Aug-31
Record Gust:	42.6 mph Aug-31-2020

Sunlight:

11 hrs 53 min
of Sunlight Today

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

18%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	93%
Last Hour:	0%
High 12:00 AM:	93%
Low 1:07 AM:	92%
Record High:	95% Sep-20-2020
Record Low:	24% Mar-30-2020

Current:	30.276 inHg
Last Hour:	Rising slowly
High 6:18 AM:	30.276
Low 12:00 AM:	30.197
Record High:	30.974 inHg Mar-13-2020
Record Low:	28.485 inHg Jan-29-2020

Heating Degree Days

Tide

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	9.1
Oct:	432.0
2020 to Date:	6289.0
Cooling Degree Days
2020 to Date:	5.1

Kenai River Entrance 7 hours, 24 minutes to low tide at 01:45 PM AKDT
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Current:	27.5°F
Low 4:31 AM:	24.0°F
Yesterday:	27.7°F
Record:	-17.7°F Jan-7-2020

Anchorage
Air Quality
Index⁶:
41

Good

Density:
1.32 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:	41.9°F
Sunrise:	9:41 pm
Sunset:	9:48 am
Moonrise:	1:04 am
Moonset:	1:32 pm
Full Moon:	-October-2020
New Moon:	05:08 UTC -November-2020

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Oct Snow:	0.00 in
Oct Avg:	2.32 in
Diff from Avg:	-2.32 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:Ok \| CON:4.6 \| RCP:99%

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 20 of just the month of October for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 20 of October for this station since 2014.

WXSIM Weather Forecast - Outlook Tonight & Tuesday

Tonight

Fog late
Cold!
Low: 23°

WXSIM forecast: Fair in the evening, becoming clear after midnight. Light to moderate fog in the evening, then patchy light fog after midnight. Low 23°. Wind chill ranging from 14 to 32. Wind east-northeast around 5 mph, gusting to 20 mph, in the evening, becoming 10 mph after midnight.
Local station forecast: Partly cloudy with little temp change.

Tuesday

Fog a.m.
Cold!
High: 37°

WXSIM forecast: Sunny. Patchy light fog in the morning. High 37°. Wind chill ranging from 12 to 31. Wind east-northeast around 9 mph. Maximum freezing level 1800 feet above sea level.

WXSIM Short Term Weather Forecast

Tuesday
night
Fog late
Cold!

Fog late
Cold!
Low: 19°

Wednesday