000 CDAK48 PAFC 060043 CLIANC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK 343 PM AKST THU NOV 5 2009 ................................... ...THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0300 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1915 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ........................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 42 55 1935 31 11 27 MINIMUM 35 -11 1917 19 16 20 AVERAGE 39 25 24 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 0.34 1993 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.23 -0.23 0.04 SINCE JUN 1 8.23 10.88 -2.65 9.83 SINCE JAN 1 11.64 14.17 -2.53 14.97 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 3.8 1964 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.5 -1.5 1.2 SINCE JUN 1 T 10.2 -10.2 14.3 SINCE JUL 1 T 10.2 -10.2 14.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 26 40 -14 41 MONTH TO DATE 186 196 -10 233 SINCE SEP 1 1416 1658 -242 1815 SINCE JUL 1 1834 2132 -298 2395 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 9 0 9 0 ........................................................... WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 54 400 AM LOWEST 43 1200 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 49 2002 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -8 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 5 2009......SUNRISE 840 AM AKST SUNSET 447 PM AKST NOVEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 842 AM AKST SUNSET 444 PM AKST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$