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Updated: 17-Nov-2021 3:50pm

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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
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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 STORM WARNING - Anchorage - Central Beaufort Sea Coast - Chukchi Sea Coast - Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast - Lower Kuskokwim Valley - Matanuska Valley - Northern Arctic Coast - Susitna Valley - Western Arctic Coast - Western Kenai Peninsula - Western Prince William Sound

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING - Chukchi Sea Coast

HIGH WIND WARNING - Lower Kuskokwim Valley - Susitna Valley - Western Prince William Sound

COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY - Central Beaufort Sea Coast - Chukchi Sea Coast - Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast - Lower Kuskokwim Valley - Northern Arctic Coast - Western Arctic Coast

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY - 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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - Anchorage - Lower Kuskokwim Valley - Matanuska Valley - Susitna Valley - Western Prince William Sound

AIR QUALITY ALERT - Lower Kuskokwim Valley

METRIC | IMPERIAL

Updated: 17-Nov-2021 @ 3:50pm

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 11.6°F Wind Chill: 11.6°F ---
High Today 13.4°F 12:50 PM	Low Today -4.4°F 1:04 AM
Yest High 14.1°F 1:54 PM	Yest Low -3.7°F 11:52 PM
Sta* High 41.3°F 2014	Sta* Low -11.1°F 2009
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 32.0°F 0	Rec* Low 32.0°F 0
* Records from Weather Underground



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

This afternoon Mostly Cloudy High: 14°	Tonight Mostly Cloudy Cold! Low: 2°	Thursday Mostly Cloudy Cold! High: 6°
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Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	-0.7°F
Last Hour:	2.5°F
High 10:03 AM:	7.7°F
Low 1:04 AM:	-7.4°F
Record High:	62.1°F on Aug-2-2021
Record Low:	-17.1°F on Jan-8-2020
Wetbulb:	9.4°F

Melt Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.00 in
Nov Rain:	0.72 in
Nov to Date Avg:¹⁰	0.39 in
Nov to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	0.33 in
Nov Avg:	1.22 in
Diff from Avg:	0.50 in
Season:¹	9.76 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	14.63 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	4.87 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	Nov-6-2021 at 3:43 PM
70 rain days in 2021
6 days in November 11 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 Nov-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 01 sec Longer
Than Yesterday

4%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	57%
Last Hour:	6%
High 1:27 AM:	89%
Low 12:45 PM:	55%
Record High:	95% Sep-20-2020
Record Low:	0% Nov-8-2020

Current:	29.701 inHg
Last Hour:	Steady
High 11:49 AM:	29.706
Low 5:02 AM:	29.619
Record High:	30.974 inHg Mar-13-2020
Record Low:	28.485 inHg Jan-29-2020

Heating Degree Days

Tide

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	41.5
Nov:	692.8
2021 to Date:	6032.9
Cooling Degree Days
2021 to Date:	0.0

Kenai River Entrance 5 hours, 59 minutes to low tide at 11:32 PM AKST
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Current:	11.6°F
Low 1:04 AM:	-4.3°F
Yesterday:	-3.7°F
Record:	-17.7°F Jan-7-2020

Anchorage
Air Quality
Index⁶:
25

Good

Density:
1.34 kg/m³

UV Summary/Forecast

Solar Summary

High Today: 0.0 @ 12:00 AM
Dec-06	Dec-07	Dec-08

High Today:
125 W/m² @ 11:56 AM

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

Rise: 8:41 pm Set: 8:48 am

Almanac

Snow³

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Current:	Early Morning
YTD Avg Temp:	38.9°F
Sunrise:	8:41 pm
Sunset:	8:48 am
Moonrise:	8:16 am
Moonset:	7:54 pm
Full Moon:	-November-2021
New Moon:	07:44 UTC -December-2021

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Nov Snow:	0.00 in
Nov Avg:	7.36 in
Diff from Avg:	-7.36 in
Season Total:²	0.00 in
Snow Depth:	4.29 in
0 snow day in November
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:1 \| S3C2:2 \| Ajax 3.xx ISS:Station 1 Low \| CON:4.6 \| RCP:52%

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 5 of just the month of December for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 5 of December for this station since 2014.

WXSIM Weather Forecast - Outlook This afternoon & Tonight

This
afternoon

Mostly Cloudy
High: 14°

WXSIM forecast: Partly to mostly cloudy. Windy and cold. High 14°. Wind northeast around 17 mph, gusting to 47 mph.
Local station forecast: Mostly cloudy and cooler, precipitation possible within 12 hours, possibly heavy at times, windy.

Tonight

Mostly Cloudy
Cold!
Low: 2°

WXSIM forecast: Partly to mostly cloudy. Windy and very cold. Low 2°. Wind chill ranging from -17 to -8. Wind east-northeast around 17 mph, gusting to 24 mph.

WXSIM Short Term Weather Forecast

Thursday

Mostly Cloudy
Cold!
High: 6°

Thursday
night
Partly Cloudy
Cold!