Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK
Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK
009 CXAK58 PAFC 011730 CLMANC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK 930 AM AKDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1952 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 64 10/09/2006 LOW -6 10/31/1956 HIGHEST 50 MM MM 58 LOWEST 18 MM MM 15 AVG. MAXIMUM 41.8 42.0 -0.2 41.7 AVG. MINIMUM 30.6 30.7 -0.1 31.8 MEAN 36.2 36.3 -0.1 36.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 3.9 -2.9 6 DAYS MIN <= 32 17 17.6 -0.6 17 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.11 1986 MINIMUM 0.35 1960 TOTALS 2.23 1.82 0.41 2.16 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.06 0.01 0.07 DAYS >= .01 12 11.5 0.5 13 DAYS >= .10 7 5.2 1.8 8 DAYS >= .50 2 0.8 1.2 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.91 10/19 TO 10/19 0.73 STORM TOTAL 0.50 0.68 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 28.1 1996 24 HR TOTAL 14.6 10/12/1996 TO 10/13/1996 SNOW DEPTH 15 10/31/1996 10/15/1996 10/14/1996 TOTALS 1.2 5.6 -4.4 4.3 SINCE 7/1 1.2 6.0 -4.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= TRACE 4 3.2 0.8 4 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.5 -1.5 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 10/11 3 10/12 24 HR TOTAL 1.2 4.3 STORM TOTAL 0.8 1.6 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 888 888 0 870 SINCE 7/1 1773 1767 6 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 8 -8 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/28/1984 LATEST 05/22/1964 EARLIEST 09/19 LATEST 05/05 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/010 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/030 DATE 10/05 24/170 10/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/160 DATE 10/14 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 14 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 1 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$