Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
183
CDAK48 PAFC 240100
CLIANC

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK
500 PM AKDT SUN AUG 23 2026

...................................

...THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 2026...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1952 TO 2026


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
...................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         63   2:51 PM  74    1987  63      0       66
                                      2004
  MINIMUM         50   8:46 AM  34    1974  50      0       51
  AVERAGE         57                        56      1       59

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.01          0.64 1959   0.10  -0.09     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.71                      2.10  -1.39     1.06
  SINCE JUN 1      5.65                      4.94   0.71     3.43
  SINCE JAN 1     12.69                      8.32   4.37     8.27

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY           MM             0.0    MM   0.0   MM        0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH      MM

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            8                         9     -1        6
  MONTH TO DATE  140                       158    -18      146
  SINCE JUN 1    655                       607     48      620
  SINCE JUL 1    402                       332     70      300

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JUN 1      0                         7     -7        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         7     -7        0
...................................................................


WIND (MPH)
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   2   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (330)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.6


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           4:00 AM
 LOWEST     65           3:00 PM
 AVERAGE    83

..........................................................


THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        75      1978
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        35      1969


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 23 2026........SUNRISE   6:30 AM AKDT  SUNSET    9:34 PM AKDT
AUGUST 24 2026........SUNRISE   6:33 AM AKDT  SUNSET    9:31 PM AKDT


CIVIL TWILIGHT
AUGUST 23 2026........MORNING   5:40 AM AKDT  EVENING  10:24 PM AKDT
AUGUST 24 2026........MORNING   5:43 AM AKDT  EVENING  10:20 PM AKDT



-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.






------------------------------------------------------
AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT TODAY  (HOUR:MIN)........15:04
GAIN/LOSS SINCE YESTERDAY (HOUR:MIN:SEC)....-0:05:36

$$