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Updated: 17-Jan-2021 10:20am

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Sunlight Hours

11 hrs 53 min
of Sunlight Today

49.5% 50.5%
Which is
0 min 02 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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WIND ADVISORY - Western Prince William Sound

WINTER STORM WATCH - Anchorage - Lower Kuskokwim Valley - Matanuska 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 Prince William Sound

AIR QUALITY ALERT - Lower Kuskokwim Valley

METRIC | IMPERIAL

Updated: 17-Jan-2021 @ 10:20am

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 35.5°F Wind Chill: 29.2°F Feels like: 29°F ---
High Today 38.4°F 12:24 AM	Low Today 34.9°F 4:04 AM
Yest High 38.3°F 11:48 PM	Yest Low 28.3°F 12:00 AM
Sta* High 42.7°F 2018	Sta* Low -18.5°F 2012
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 32.0°F 0	Rec* Low 32.0°F 0
* Records from Weather Underground



	Overcast
	Wind: NE 7.9 Gusting to: 4.0 mph
	Rain: 0.06 in
	Current FWI:⁴ Fire Danger: 0.7 of 232

Today Rain and Snow High: 34°	Tonight Snow Cold! Low: 23°	Monday Snow Cold! High: 29°
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Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	33.1°F
Last Hour:	0.1°F
High 9:47 AM:	33.2°F
Low 12:00 AM:	28.3°F
Record High:	61.3°F on Jul-31-2020
Record Low:	-17.1°F on Jan-8-2020
Wetbulb:	34.6°F

Today:	0.06 in
Rate (/hr):	0.010 in
Storm Rain:	0.06 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.00 in
Jan Rain:	0.08 in
Jan to Date Avg:¹⁰	0.34 in
Jan to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	0.26 in
Jan Avg:	0.00 in
Diff from Avg:	0.08 in
Season:¹	0.08 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	0.34 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	0.26 in
1 rain day in 2021
2 days in January 0 days since last rain

Current:	NE 7.9 mph
1Hr Average:	5.8 mph
Wind Run:	65.51 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	4.0 mph
Today:	18.4 mph 12:07 AM
Month:	39.0 mph Jan-9
Year:	39.0 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 02 sec Shorter
Than Yesterday

21%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	91%
Last Hour:	0%
High 6:27 AM:	92%
Low 12:00 AM:	67%
Record High:	95% Sep-20-2020
Record Low:	0% Nov-8-2020

Current:	29.453 inHg
Last Hour:	Rising
High 10:15 AM:	29.455
Low 12:00 AM:	29.248
Record High:	30.974 inHg Mar-13-2020
Record Low:	28.485 inHg Jan-29-2020

Heating Degree Days

Tide

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	11.7
Jan:	633.2
2021 to Date:	632.2
Cooling Degree Days
2021 to Date:	0.0

Kenai River Entrance 3 hours, 6 minutes to low tide at 01:31 PM AKST
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Current:	29.2°F
Low 8:31 AM:	27.8°F
Yesterday:	17.1°F
Record:	-17.7°F Jan-7-2020

Anchorage
Air Quality
Index⁶:
19

Good

Density:
1.26 kg/m³

UV Summary/Forecast

Solar Summary

High Yest: 0.0 @ 12:00 AM
Jan-17 0.2	Jan-18 0.2	Jan-19 0.2

High Yest: 93.0 @ 1:34 PM

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

Rise: 9:06 pm Set: 9:13 am

Almanac

Snow³

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Current:	Early Morning
YTD Avg Temp:	26.4°F
Sunrise:	9:06 pm
Sunset:	9:13 am
Moonrise:	12:36 am
Moonset:	12:56 pm
Full Moon:	-January-2021
New Moon:	19:06 UTC -February-2021

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Jan Snow:	0.00 in
Jan Avg:	7.87 in
Diff from Avg:	-7.87 in
Season Total:²	0.00 in
Snow Depth:	4.29 in
0 snow day in January
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:13 \| 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 17 of just the month of January for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 17 of January for this station since 2014.

WXSIM Weather Forecast - Outlook Today & Tonight

Today

Rain and Snow
High: 34°

WXSIM forecast: Dense overcast. Patchy light fog in the morning, then light to moderate fog in the afternoon. A chance of a mix of snow and rain in the morning, then a slight chance of a mix of snow and rain in the afternoon. Relatively mild. High 34°, but temperatures falling in the afternoon. Wind northeast around 3 mph in the morning, becoming south-southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Precipitation (liquid equivalent) mostly around a tenth of an inch. No snow accumulation expected. Maximum freezing level 3000 feet above sea level. Maximum snow level 1600 feet above sea level.
Local station forecast: Mostly cloudy and cooler, precipitation ending within 6 hrs, windy with possible wind shift to the w, nw, or n.

Tonight

Snow
Cold!
Low: 23°

WXSIM forecast: Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy to cloudy after midnight. Moderate fog in the evening, then patchy light fog after midnight. A chance of snow after midnight. Low 23°. Wind chill ranging from 12 to 28. Wind east-southeast around 5 mph in the evening, becoming east-northeast around 10 mph, gusting to 20 mph, after midnight. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. Precipitation (liquid equivalent) mostly around a tenth of an inch. Snow accumulation about half an inch.

WXSIM Short Term Weather Forecast

Monday

Snow
Cold!
High: 29°

Monday
night
Rain and Snow
Cold!