000 CDAK48 PAFC 042245 CLIANC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK 145 PM AKST THU DEC 4 2008 ................................... ...THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 4 2008... VALID TODAY AS OF 0100 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1915 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ........................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 28 47 2002 25 3 17 MINIMUM 25 -26 1916 12 13 7 AVERAGE 27 18 12 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.03 0.62 1998 0.03 0.00 T MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.12 -0.08 T SINCE DEC 1 0.04 0.12 -0.08 T SINCE JAN 1 16.08 15.15 0.93 14.77 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM 15.1 1998 0.5 MM T MONTH TO DATE 0.1 2.0 -1.9 T SINCE DEC 1 0.1 2.0 -1.9 T SINCE JUL 1 34.9 22.1 12.8 17.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 38 46 -8 53 MONTH TO DATE 193 184 9 184 SINCE DEC 1 193 184 9 184 SINCE JUL 1 3669 3417 252 2937 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 5 ........................................................... WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (0) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 81 100 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 51 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 12 -36 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 4 2008......SUNRISE 953 AM AKST SUNSET 348 PM AKST DECEMBER 5 2008......SUNRISE 955 AM AKST SUNSET 347 PM AKST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$