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Updated: 29-Jul-2021 8:00am

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Sunlight Hours

11 hrs 53 min
of Sunlight Today

49.5% 50.5%
Which is
0 min 01 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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Updated: 29-Jul-2021 @ 8:00am

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 53.9°F ---
High Today 54.5°F 12:00 AM	Low Today 52.4°F 5:21 AM
Yest High 58.5°F 3:06 PM	Yest Low 54.2°F 5:40 AM
Sta* High 72.1°F 2018	Sta* Low 44.3°F 2011
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 32.0°F 0	Rec* Low 32.0°F 0
* Records from Weather Underground



	Partly cloudy
	Wind: SW 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:	50.4°F
Last Hour:	0.8°F
High 3:16 AM:	50.4°F
Low 5:22 AM:	48.9°F
Record High:	61.9°F on Jul-22-2021
Record Low:	-17.1°F on Jan-8-2020
Wetbulb:	52.1°F

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.36 in
Jul Rain:	2.08 in
Jul to Date Avg:¹⁰	2.88 in
Jul to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	0.80 in
Jul Avg:	1.73 in
Diff from Avg:	0.35 in
Season:¹	3.39 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	6.24 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	2.85 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	Jul-24-2021 at 7:13 AM
29 rain days in 2021
11 days in July 4 days since last rain

Current:	SW 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 53 min
of Sunlight Today

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

69%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	88%
Last Hour:	0%
High 3:16 AM:	89%
Low 1:05 AM:	85%
Record High:	95% Sep-20-2020
Record Low:	0% Nov-8-2020

Current:	30.217 inHg
Last Hour:	Steady
High 7:59 AM:	30.217
Low 12:00 AM:	30.185
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:	3794.3

Kenai River Entrance 7 hours, 7 minutes to low tide at 03:10 PM AKDT
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Current:	53.8°F
High 12:00am:	54.5°F
Yesterday:	58.5°F
Record:	79.2°F Aug-15-2020

Anchorage
Air Quality
Index⁶:
10

Good

Density:
1.24 kg/m³

Current UV Index

Current Solar Energy⁹

0.5

Sunburn in

224 Minutes

Highest:
7:59 AM
0.5

125 W/m²
0%
W/m² ⇒ SI

High Today:
7:58 AM
125 W/m² Record:1195 W/m²

Almanac

Snow³

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Current:	Early Morning
YTD Avg Temp:	36.1°F
Sunrise:	10:02 pm
Sunset:	10:09 am
Moonrise:	2:48 pm
Moonset:	2:27 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:19 \| 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 29 of just the month of July for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 29 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, precipitation possible within 24 to 48 hrs.

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