Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK
Issued by NWS Anchorage, AK
364 CXAK58 PAFC 011017 CLMANC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK 217 AM AKDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1952 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 82 08/02/1978 08/21/1977 08/06/1968 LOW 31 08/31/1984 08/28/1984 HIGHEST 77 08/05 MM MM 72 LOWEST 44 08/13 MM MM 47 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.3 64.0 -1.7 65.1 AVG. MINIMUM 49.9 50.9 -1.0 52.6 MEAN 56.1 57.5 -1.4 58.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.77 1989 MINIMUM 0.04 2019 TOTALS 4.80 2.93 1.87 3.82 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.09 0.06 0.12 DAYS >= .01 13 14.4 -1.4 13 DAYS >= .10 11 8.3 2.7 7 DAYS >= .50 2 1.5 0.5 1 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.3 1.7 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.23 08/07 TO 08/08 1.70 STORM TOTAL 1.33 1.10 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM SNOW DEPTH 0 MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL MM 0.0 STORM TOTAL 0.0 0.0 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 268 236 32 184 SINCE 7/1 471 412 59 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 0 SINCE 1/1 3 8 -5 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/28/1984 LATEST 05/22/1964 EARLIEST MM LATEST 05/07 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 4/160 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/180 DATE 08/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/140 DATE 08/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.75 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 3 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 18 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 11 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. $$