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Updated: 15-Jul-2019 8:45pm

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Updated: 15-Jul-2019 @ 8:45pm

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 63.3°F ---
High Today 67.0°F 12:20 PM	Low Today 56.0°F 4:33 AM
Yest High 61.9°F 3:38 PM	Yest Low 55.5°F 5:55 AM
Sta* High 64.5°F 2018	Sta* Low 43.4°F 2014
* This Station's Records Since 2014
Rec* High 46.0°F 2003	Rec* Low -4.0°F 1998
* Records from Weather Underground



	Cloudy, Dry
	Wind: ESE 9.1 Gusting to: 9.0 mph
	Rain: 0.03 in
	Current FWI:⁴ Fire Danger: 0.1 of 232

Tonight Thunder storm Low: 52°	Tuesday Thunder storm High: 60°	Tuesday night Fog Low: 50°
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Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	51.7°F
Last Hour:	0.4°F
High 12:04 PM:	60.2°F
Low 8:44 PM:	51.7°F
Record High:	65.8°F on Jul-31-2018
Record Low:	-34.1°F on Jan-7-2009
Wetbulb:	57.0°F

Today:	0.03 in
Storm Rain:	0.19 in
Yesterday:	0.16 in
Last 7 Days:	0.16 in
Jul Rain:	0.19 in
Jul to Date Avg:¹⁰	1.93 in
Jul to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	1.74 in
Jul Avg:	3.71 in
Diff from Avg:	3.52 in
Season:¹	4.71 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	9.57 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	4.86 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	Jul-15-2019 at 1:16 PM
55 rain days in 2019
2 days in July 0 days since last rain

Current:	ESE 9.1 mph
1Hr Average:	5.2 mph
Wind Run:	81.13 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	9.0 mph
Today:	17.3 mph 10:16 AM
Month:	22.0 mph Jul-10
Year:	46.0 mph Mar-9
Record Gust:	79.0 mph Mar-9-2009

Sunlight:
Sunlight
Hours
Unavailable

99%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	66%
Last Hour:	0%
High 12:00 AM:	91%
Low 4:40 PM:	64%
Record High:	100% Jan-13-2009
Record Low:	0% Feb-7-2016

Current:	29.708 inHg
Last Hour:	Steady
High 12:01 AM:	29.804
Low 8:35 PM:	29.708
Record High:	31.083 inHg Dec-13-2008
Record Low:	28.429 inHg Nov-4-2009

Cooling Degree Days

Tide

Heat Index

Air

Today:	0.0
Jul:	4.2
2019 to Date:	4.3
Heating Degree Days
2019 to Date:	5022.7

Kenai River Entrance 2 hours, 1 minutes to low tide at 10:49 PM AKDT
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Current:	63.3°F
High 12:20pm:	67.0°F
Yesterday:	61.9°F
Record:	88.3°F Jul-4-2019

Anchorage
Air Quality
Index⁶:
9

Good

Density:
1.20 kg/m³

Current UV Index

Current Solar Energy⁹

0.0

Sunburn in

720 Minutes

Highest:
12:06 PM
3.1

79 W/m²
40%
W/m² ⇒ SI

High Today:
9:38 AM
534 W/m² Record:2014 W/m²

Almanac

Snow³

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

Current:	Evening
YTD Avg Temp:	38.7°F
Sunrise:	5:01 am
Sunset:	11:13 pm
Moonrise:	10:53 pm
Moonset:	4:37 am
Full Moon:	-July-2019
New Moon:	03:12 UTC -August-2019

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:
88.5°F Jul-4-2019	-27.6°F Jan-7-2009
Daytime Records
77.5°F Jul-04-2019	-21.3°F Jan-07-2009
Nitetime Records
67.1°F Jun-17-2015	-23.6°F Jan-08-2009
ICN:18 \| 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 15 of just the month of July for this station since 2014. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 15 of July for this station since 2014.

WXSIM Weather Forecast - Outlook Tonight & Tuesday

Tonight

Thunder storm
Low: 52°

WXSIM forecast: Dense overcast. Patchy light fog. Rain likely. Scattered thunderstorms likely. Low 52°. Wind southwest around 2 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. Precipitation mostly around a tenth of an inch. Minimum freezing level 6800 feet above sea level.
Local station forecast: Increasing clouds with little temp change, precipitation possible within 12 hrs, possibly heavy at times, windy.

Tuesday

Thunder storm
High: 60°

WXSIM forecast: Dense overcast in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy to cloudy in the afternoon. Patchy light fog. Rain likely. Scattered thundershowers possible. High 60°. Wind northeast around 3 mph in the morning, becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. Precipitation mostly less than a quarter of an inch. Maximum freezing level 8100 feet above sea level.

WXSIM Short Term Weather Forecast

Tuesday
night
Fog