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Updated: 05-Mar-2021 4:05am

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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
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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BLIZZARD WARNING - Central Beaufort Sea Coast - Chukchi Sea Coast - Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast - Northern Arctic Coast - Western Arctic Coast

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY - Lower Kuskokwim Valley - Susitna Valley - Western Kenai Peninsula - Western Prince William Sound

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - Central Beaufort Sea Coast - Chukchi Sea Coast - Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast - Lower Kuskokwim Valley - Northern Arctic Coast - Susitna Valley - Western Arctic Coast - Western Kenai Peninsula - Western Prince William Sound

AIR QUALITY ALERT - Lower Kuskokwim Valley

METRIC | IMPERIAL

Updated: 05-Mar-2021 @ 4:05am

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 21.3°F Wind Chill: 16.6°F Feels like: 17°F ---
High Today 21.9°F 2:55 AM	Low Today 19.7°F 12:00 AM
Yest High 28.0°F 3:24 PM	Yest Low -3.8°F 6:46 AM
Sta* High 38.2°F 2013	Sta* Low -10.5°F 2017
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 32.0°F 0	Rec* Low 32.0°F 0
* Records from Weather Underground



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	Wind: NE 3.4 Gusting to: 4.0 mph
	SnowMelt: 0.00 in
	Current FWI:⁴ Fire Danger: 0.0 of 232

Today Sunny Cold! High: 14°	Tonight Mostly Clear Cold! Low: 1°	Tuesday Mostly Cloudy Cold! High: 16°
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Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	18.3°F
Last Hour:	0.2°F
High 2:55 AM:	18.6°F
Low 12:00 AM:	16.5°F
Record High:	61.3°F on Jul-31-2020
Record Low:	-17.1°F on Jan-8-2020
Wetbulb:	20.5°F

Melt Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.00 in
Mar Rain:	0.00 in
Mar to Date Avg:¹⁰	0.05 in
Mar to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	0.05 in
Mar Avg:	0.63 in
Diff from Avg:	0.63 in
Season:¹	0.55 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	0.68 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	0.13 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	Feb-25-2021 at 6:59 PM
9 rain days in 2021
0 days in March 7 days since last rain

Current:	NE 3.4 mph
1Hr Average:	3.5 mph
Wind Run:	12.80 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	4.0 mph
Today:	13.0 mph 2:25 AM
Month:	26.5 mph Mar-1
Year:	39.1 mph Jan-9
Record Gust:	50.0 mph Jan-9-2020

Sunlight:

11 hrs 54 min
of Sunlight Today

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

56%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	88%
Last Hour:	1%
High 1:00 AM:	90%
Low 1:44 AM:	85%
Record High:	95% Sep-20-2020
Record Low:	0% Nov-8-2020

Current:	29.481 inHg
Last Hour:	Falling slowly
High 12:01 AM:	29.568
Low 4:02 AM:	29.481
Record High:	30.974 inHg Mar-13-2020
Record Low:	28.485 inHg Jan-29-2020

Heating Degree Days

Tide

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	7.3
Mar:	210.2
2021 to Date:	2746.2
Cooling Degree Days
2021 to Date:	0.0

Kenai River Entrance 11 hours, 18 minutes to low tide at 03:25 PM AKST
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Current:	16.6°F
Low 2:25 AM:	11.4°F
Yesterday:	-8.6°F
Record:	-17.7°F Jan-7-2020

Anchorage
Air Quality
Index⁶:
39

Good

Density:
1.30 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:	21.5°F
Sunrise:	9:08 pm
Sunset:	9:14 am
Moonrise:	2:05 pm
Moonset:	2:32 am
Full Moon:	-February-2021
New Moon:	10:22 UTC -March-2021

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Mar Snow:	0.00 in
Mar Avg:	4.80 in
Diff from Avg:	-4.80 in
Season Total:²	0.00 in
Snow Depth:	4.29 in
0 snow day in March
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:5 \| 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 5 of just the month of March for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 5 of March for this station since 2014.

WXSIM Weather Forecast - Outlook Today & Tonight

Today

Sunny
Cold!
High: 14°

WXSIM forecast: Sunny. Breezy and cold. High 14°. Wind chill ranging from -17 to 0. Wind east-northeast around 14 mph, gusting to 41 mph.
Local station forecast: Increasing clouds and cooler, precipitation possible within 6 hrs, windy with possible wind shift to the w, nw, or n.

Tonight

Mostly Clear
Cold!
Low: 1°

WXSIM forecast: Clear in the evening, becoming mostly clear after midnight. Breezy and very cold. Low 1°. Wind chill ranging from -18 to -3. Wind east-northeast around 14 mph, gusting to 19 mph.

WXSIM Short Term Weather Forecast

Tuesday

Mostly Cloudy
Cold!
High: 16°

Tuesday
night
Snow
Cold!