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Updated: 20-Apr-2021 12:00am

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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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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: 20-Apr-2021 @ 12:00am

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 37.5°F Wind Chill: 37.5°F ---
High Today -148.0°F 3:43 PM	Low Today 212.0°F 11:58 PM
Yest High 58.2°F 3:43 PM	Yest Low 37.5°F 11:58 PM
Sta* High 56.1°F 2018	Sta* Low 20.0°F 2017
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 32.0°F 0	Rec* Low 32.0°F 0
* Records from Weather Underground



	Clear
	Wind: ESE 0.0 Gusting to: 0.0 mph
	Rain: 0.00 in
	Current FWI:⁴ Fire Danger: 4.5 of 232

Tonight Fog late Low: 34°	Tuesday Fog a.m. High: 49°	Tuesday night Fog late Low: 32°
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Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	33.1°F
Last Hour:	1.8°F
High 7:50 PM:	40.7°F
Low 2:49 AM:	29.8°F
Record High:	61.3°F on Jul-31-2020
Record Low:	-17.1°F on Jan-8-2020
Wetbulb:	35.8°F

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.10 in
Apr Rain:	0.16 in
Apr to Date Avg:¹⁰	0.54 in
Apr to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	0.38 in
Apr Avg:	1.40 in
Diff from Avg:	1.24 in
Season:¹	0.71 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	1.80 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	1.09 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	Apr-15-2021 at 12:57 AM
12 rain days in 2021
2 days in April 5 days since last rain

Current:	ESE 0.0 mph
1Hr Average:	0.1 mph
Wind Run:	0.00 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	0.0 mph
Today:	0.0 mph 8:14 AM
Month:	35.0 mph Apr-14
Year:	39.1 mph Jan-9
Record Gust:	50.0 mph Jan-9-2020

Sunlight:

11 hrs 53 min
of Sunlight Today

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

51%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	84%
Last Hour:	4%
High 11:51 PM:	0%
Low 2:33 PM:	101%
Record High:	95% Sep-20-2020
Record Low:	0% Nov-8-2020

Current:	30.245 inHg
Last Hour:	Rising slowly
High 11:58 PM:	30.245
Low 1:37 PM:	30.110
Record High:	30.974 inHg Mar-13-2020
Record Low:	28.485 inHg Jan-29-2020

Heating Degree Days

Tide

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	16.1
Apr:	153.4
2021 to Date:	2973.7
Cooling Degree Days
2021 to Date:	0.0

Kenai River Entrance 10 hours, 10 minutes to high tide at 10:12 AM AKDT
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Current:	37.5°F
Low 11:58 PM:	37.5°F
Yesterday:	37.5°F
Record:	-17.7°F Jan-7-2020

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Density:
1.29 kg/m³

Current UV Index

Current Solar Energy⁹

0.0

Sunburn in

720 Minutes

Highest:
9:47 AM
-1.0

0 W/m²
0%
W/m² ⇒ SI

High Today:
2:41 PM
-1 W/m² Record:1195 W/m²

Almanac

Snow³

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Current:	Night
YTD Avg Temp:	23.5°F
Sunrise:	9:55 pm
Sunset:	10:02 am
Moonrise:	4:26 am
Moonset:	4:00 pm
Full Moon:	-April-2021
New Moon:	19:01 UTC -May-2021

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Apr Snow:	0.00 in
Apr Avg:	6.14 in
Diff from Avg:	-6.14 in
Season Total:²	0.00 in
Snow Depth:	4.29 in
0 snow day in April
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:0 \| 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 April for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 20 of April for this station since 2014.

WXSIM Weather Forecast - Outlook Tonight & Tuesday

Tonight

Fog late
Low: 34°

WXSIM forecast: Fair to partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy after midnight. Patchy light fog after midnight. Low 34°. Wind southeast around 4 mph. Minimum freezing level 3600 feet above sea level.
Local station forecast: Mostly clear with little temp change.

Tuesday

Fog a.m.
High: 49°

WXSIM forecast: Mostly cloudy to cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Patchy light fog in the morning. High 49°. Wind east-southeast around 4 mph in the morning, becoming west in the afternoon. Maximum freezing level 3700 feet above sea level. Maximum snow level 3500 feet above sea level.

WXSIM Short Term Weather Forecast

Tuesday
night

Fog late
Low: 32°

Wednesday

Fog a.m.
High: 52°

Wednesday
night
Fog late
Cold!

Fog late
Cold!
Low: 32°

Thursday

Fog a.m.
High: 53°

Thursday
night
Fog late
Cold!

Fog late
Cold!
Low: 27°

Friday