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Updated: 26-Jul-2021 9:15pm

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Sunlight Hours

11 hrs 52 min
of Sunlight Today

49.4% 50.6%
Which is
0 min 00 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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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - Central Beaufort Sea Coast - Chukchi Sea Coast - Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast - Lower Kuskokwim Valley - Northern Arctic Coast - Western Arctic Coast

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Updated: 26-Jul-2021 @ 9:15pm

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 51.2°F ---
High Today 60.2°F 11:19 AM	Low Today 50.9°F 5:59 AM
Yest High 60.8°F 3:56 PM	Yest Low 53.3°F 11:15 PM
Sta* High 66.0°F 2016	Sta* Low 42.7°F 2014
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 32.0°F 0	Rec* Low 32.0°F 0
* Records from Weather Underground



	overcast - mist
	Wind: SSW 0.0 Gusting to: 0.0 mph
	Rain: 0.00 in
	Current FWI:⁴ Fire Danger: 0.0 of 232

This afternoon Mostly Cloudy High: 60°	Tonight Fog late Low: 44°	Thursday Fog a.m. High: 68°
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Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	49.2°F
Last Hour:	0.5°F
High 3:26 PM:	55.0°F
Low 5:59 AM:	48.7°F
Record High:	61.9°F on Jul-22-2021
Record Low:	-17.1°F on Jan-8-2020
Wetbulb:	50.2°F

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	1.11 in
Jul Rain:	2.08 in
Jul to Date Avg:¹⁰	2.64 in
Jul to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	0.56 in
Jul Avg:	1.73 in
Diff from Avg:	0.35 in
Season:¹	3.39 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	6.00 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	2.61 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	Jul-24-2021 at 7:13 AM
29 rain days in 2021
11 days in July 1 day since last rain

Current:	SSW 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 Jul-1
Year:	96.9 mph Apr-21
Record Gust:	96.9 mph Apr-21-2021

Sunlight:

11 hrs 52 min
of Sunlight Today

49.4% 50.6%
Which is
0 min 00 sec Shorter
Than Yesterday

90%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	93%
Last Hour:	0%
High 4:22 AM:	93%
Low 10:54 AM:	78%
Record High:	95% Sep-20-2020
Record Low:	0% Nov-8-2020

Current:	29.961 inHg
Last Hour:	Steady
High 1:50 AM:	30.020
Low 7:01 PM:	29.955
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
2021 to Date:	0.0
Heating Degree Days
2021 to Date:	3772.0

Kenai River Entrance 16 hours, 38 minutes to low tide at 01:53 PM AKDT
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Current:	51.2°F
High 11:19am:	60.2°F
Yesterday:	60.8°F
Record:	79.2°F Aug-15-2020

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Available

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Density:
1.24 kg/m³

UV Summary/Forecast

Solar Summary

High Today: 1.8 @ 9:53 AM
Jul-27	Jul-28	Jul-29

High Today:
858 W/m² @ 3:20 PM

Sun Hours Today:
00:00
This Month: 00:00 Hrs

Rise: 10:02 pm Set: 10:10 am

Almanac

Snow³

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Current:	Early Morning
YTD Avg Temp:	35.7°F
Sunrise:	10:02 pm
Sunset:	10:10 am
Moonrise:	1:22 pm
Moonset:	12:58 am
Full Moon:	-July-2021
New Moon:	13:51 UTC -August-2021

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:
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:10 \| 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. ¹⁰ Historical average only to day 26 of just the month of July for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 26 of July for this station since 2014.

WXSIM Weather Forecast - Outlook This afternoon & Tonight

This
afternoon

Mostly Cloudy
High: 60°

WXSIM forecast: Mostly cloudy to cloudy. High 60°. UV index up to 5. Wind southwest around 6 mph. Maximum freezing level 10500 feet above sea level.
Local station forecast: Increasing clouds with little temp change.

Tonight

Fog late
Low: 44°

WXSIM forecast: Mostly cloudy in the evening, becoming partly cloudy after midnight. Patchy light fog in the evening, then moderate fog after midnight. Unusually cool. Low 44°. Wind southwest around 5 mph, gusting to 15 mph, in the evening, becoming east-southeast after midnight. Minimum freezing level 10400 feet above sea level.

WXSIM Short Term Weather Forecast

Thursday

Fog a.m.
High: 68°

Thursday
night

Fog late
Low: 48°

Friday

Fog a.m.
High: 71°

Friday
night

Fog late
Low: 44°

Saturday

Fog a.m.
High: 73°

Saturday
night