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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
442 PM AKDT FRI JUL 1 2022

...ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS FOR
JUNE 2022...

...2ND WARMEST JUNE...
...3RD DRIEST JUNE...
...16TH SNOWIEST SNOW SEASON ON RECORD...

THE PERIOD OF RECORD INCLUDES 71 JUNES.

*** DELINEATES 2022 IN THE LISTS BELOW.

...TEMPERATURE...

JUNE 2022 WAS THE 2ND WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE OF 60.1 DEGREES. THIS IS 4.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
OF 55.9 DEGREES.

JUNE 2022 WAS ONLY THE SECOND JUNE ON RECORD TO CLOSE THE MONTH
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE 60 DEGREES. ALL OF THE TOP 5
WARMEST JUNES HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST 9 YEARS.

TOP 5 WARMEST JUNES BY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
--------------------- 
1) 60.5 DEGREES IN 2019. 
2) 60.1 DEGREES IN 2022.*** 
3) 59.5 DEGREES IN 2015. 
4) 59.4 DEGREES IN 2013. 
5) 59.1 DEGREES IN 2016.

THE AVERAGE HIGH IN JUNE WAS 68.9 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 5.5 DEGREES
ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 63.4 DEGREES. 
THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 51.3 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 48.4 DEGREES.

JUNE 2022 WAS THE WARMEST JUNE SINCE 2019.

23 DAYS IN JUNE HAD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. 
4 DAYS IN JUNE HAD BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
3 DAYS IN JUNE HAD NORMAL TEMPERATURES (WITHIN 1/2 DEGREE).

11 DAYS IN JUNE WERE 5 DEGREES OR MORE ABOVE THE DAILY NORMAL.
0 DAYS IN JUNE WERE 5 DEGREES OR MORE BELOW THE DAILY NORMAL.

3 DAYS IN JUNE WERE 10 DEGREES OR MORE ABOVE THE DAILY NORMAL. 

THE MOST ABOVE NORMAL DAY IN JUNE OCCURRED ON THE 5TH, WHICH 
WAS 13.0 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE DAILY NORMAL.

THE MOST BELOW NORMAL DAYS IN JUNE OCCURRED ON BOTH THE 17TH AND
THE 25TH, WHICH WERE BOTH 1.9 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE DAILY 
NORMAL.

THE WARMEST DAILY HIGH IN JUNE OCCURRED ON THE 3RD, WHEN THE HIGH
REACHED 78 DEGREES. THIS TIES 1995 FOR THE 9TH WARMEST MONTHLY 
HIGH IN JUNE. THIS WAS THE WARMEST MONTHLY HIGH IN JUNE SINCE 2019. 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH IN JUNE IS 74 DEGREES.

TOP 10 WARMEST MONTHLY HIGHS IN JUNE
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1) 85 DEGREES- 1969.
2-4) 83 DEGREES- 2016, 2015, 1953.
5,6) 82 DEGREES- 2019, 2013.
7) 80 DEGREES- 1997.
8) 79 DEGREES- 2004. 
9,10) 78 DEGREES- 2022***, 1995.

THE COLDEST DAILY LOW IN JUNE OCCURRED ON THE 12TH, WHEN THE 
LOW DROPPED TO 45 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE 3RD WARMEST MONTHLY LOW IN
JUNE. THIS WAS THE WARMEST JUNE MONTHLY LOW SINCE 2019. THE 
AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW IN JUNE IS 40 DEGREES.

TOP 5 WARMEST MONTHLY LOWS IN JUNE
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1) 47 DEGREES- 2019. 
2) 46 DEGREES- 2015. 
3) 45 DEGREES- 2022 ***.
4,5) 44 DEGREES- 1990, 1984. 

JUNE HAD 00 DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 80 OR MORE. AVERAGE: 0 DAYS.
JUNE HAD 12 DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 70 OR MORE. AVERAGE: 4 DAYS.
JUNE HAD ALL 30 DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 60 OR MORE. AVERAGE: 21 DAYS.

JUNE 2022 SET A RECORD AS THE FIRST JUNE TO HAVE ALL ITS DAYS HAVE
HIGHS OF 60 DEGREES OR MORE. IT ALSO SET A RECORD FOR THE MOST
DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 75 DEGREES AND WARMER.

TOP 5 JUNES WITH THE MOST DAYS OF 60 DEGREE HIGHS AND WARMER
-------------------------------------- 
1) ALL 30 DAYS- 2022***.
2-4) 29 DAYS- 2019, 2016, 1977.
5) 28 DAYS- 2001.

TOP 5 JUNES WITH THE MOST DAYS OF 70 DEGREE HIGHS AND WARMER
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1) 16 DAYS- 2013.
2) 13 DAYS- 1953.
3-5) 12 DAYS- 2022***, 2019, 1957.

TOP 5 JUNES WITH THE MOST DAYS OF 75 DEGREE HIGHS AND WARMER
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1) 8 DAYS- 2022***.
2-3) 6 DAYS- 2015, 2013. 
4-6) 5 DAYS- 2019, 1997, 1953.

JUNE 2022 SET A RECORD FOR THE FEWEST NIGHTS WITH LOWS IN THE 40S
AND COLDER. 

JUNE HAD 0 DAYS WITH LOWS IN THE 30S. AVERAGE: 1 DAY.
JUNE HAD 8 DAYS WITH LOWS IN THE 40S AND COLDER. AVERAGE: 20 
DAYS.

TOP 5 JUNES WITH THE FEWEST NIGHTS OF LOWS IN THE 40S AND COLDER
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1,2) 8 DAYS- 2022***, 2016.
3,4) 9 DAYS- 2019, 1967.
5,6) 10 DAYS- 2015, 1977.

...PRECIPITATION...

JUNE 2022 WAS THE 3RD DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD, WITH 0.07 
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION MEASURED FOR THE MONTH. THE NORMAL 
PRECIPITATION IN JUNE IS 1.02 INCHES. THUS, JUNE HAD A MERE 7% OF ITS 
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

THE WETTEST DAY IN JUNE WAS ON THE 19TH, WITH 0.04 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION MEASURED. THE OTHER 0.03 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 7TH.

7 OF 30 DAYS IN JUNE HAD A TRACE OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION. 
2 DAYS HAD MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. 
0 DAYS HAD 1/10 INCH OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION. 

JUNE 2022 WAS THE DRIEST JUNE SINCE 2019.

TOP 5 DRIEST JUNES ON RECORD
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1) 0.02 INCHES- 1952.
2) 0.06 INCHES- 2019.
3) 0.07 INCHES- 2022***.
4) 0.12 INCHES- 1953.
5) 0.17 INCHES- 1993.

...SNOWFALL...

NO SNOWFALL WAS MEASURED IN JUNE 2022. NO JUNE HAS EVER RECORDED SNOWFALL.

...SNOW SEASON...

89.3 INCHES OF SNOW IS THE FINAL TALLY FOR THE 2021-2022 SNOW
SEASON. THE NORMAL SNOW SEASON SNOW IS 77.9 INCHES. THUS, 
ANCHORAGE HAD 115% OF ITS NORMAL SNOW SEASON SNOW AND ENDED THE 
SNOW SEASON 11.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR TOTAL SNOW SEASON SNOW.

SNOW SEASON 2021-2022 WAS THE 16TH SNOWIEST SNOW SEASON ON RECORD.

TODAY BEGINS SNOW SEASON 2022-2023.

...JUNE 2022 VS. JUNE 2021...

JUNE 2022 WAS MUCH WARMER AND DRIER THAN JUNE 2021.

TEMPERATURE: 60.1 DEGREES IN 2022 VS. 56.5 DEGREES IN 2021. 
PRECIPITATION: 0.07 INCHES IN 2022 VS. 0.31 INCHES IN 2021. 
SNOWFALL: NONE IN 2022 VS. NONE IN 2021. 
SNOW SEASON: 89.3 INCHES IN 2021-2022 VS. 69.7 INCHES IN 2020-2021.

...DAILY RECORDS SET IN JUNE 2022...

TYPE............DATE...NEW RECORD....OLD RECORD (YEAR)

WARMEST HIGH....02ND...75 DEGREES....73 DEGREES (2001, 1953)
WARMEST HIGH....03RD...78 DEGREES....74 DEGREES (1957)
WARMEST HIGH....04TH...77 DEGREES....77 DEGREES (1997, 1957)
WARMEST HIGH....05TH...75 DEGREES....71 DEGREES (1971)
WARMEST HIGH....08TH...71 DEGREES....71 DEGREES (1959)

WARMEST LOW.....04TH...54 DEGREES....53 DEGREES (1990, 1969, 1957)
WARMEST LOW.....05TH...58 DEGREES....56 DEGREES (1990)
WARMEST LOW.....07TH...53 DEGREES....53 DEGREES (1958)
WARMEST LOW.....22ND...57 DEGREES....55 DEGREES (1969)
WARMEST LOW.....30TH...57 DEGREES....57 DEGREES (1991)

...DAILY RECORDS COUNT FOR 2022 (CHANGE) [MOST RECENT PREVIOUS]...

WARMEST HIGH....11 (+5)[JUNE 7, 2022] 
WARMEST LOW.....8 (+5) [JUNE 30, 2022] 
COOLEST HIGH....0 (00) [NOVEMBER 28, 2021] 
COOLEST LOW.....0 (00) [SEPTEMBER 30, 2021] 
PRECIPITATION...3 (00) [MAY 13, 2022] 
SNOWFALL........2 (00) [MARCH 5, 2022] 
SNOW DEPTH......0 (00) [APRIL 16, 2021] 

...CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 2022...

NORMAL HIGH: 66.2 DEGREES. 
NORMAL TEMPERATURE: 59.6 DEGREES.- WARMEST MONTH OF THE YEAR
NORMAL LOW: 52.9 DEGREES. 
NORMAL PRECIPITATION: 1.82 INCHES.

WARMEST JULY: 65.3 DEGREES AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (2019). 
WARMEST DAY: 90 DEGREES ON JULY 4, 2019. 
COLDEST JULY: 55.4 DEGREES AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (1971). 
COLDEST DAY: 36 DEGREES ON JULY 1, 1964. 
WETTEST JULY: 4.49 INCHES (2001). 
WETTEST DAY: 2.00 INCHES ON JULY 31, 1956. 
DRIEST JULY: 0.42 INCHES (1972). 

...CALENDAR OF ASTRONOMY AND FEDERAL HOLIDAYS...

BEGINNING OF THE MONTH DAYLIGHT: 19 HOURS 10 MINUTES.
FIRST DAY LOSING 2 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT OR MORE: JULY 1.
INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY: JULY 4.
19 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT: JULY 5.
CIVIL TWILIGHT RETURNS EACH NIGHT: JULY 5.
FIRST QUARTER MOON: JULY 6 AT 6:14PM.
FIRST DAY LOSING MORE THAN 3 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT PER DAY: JULY 7.
FULL (BUCK) SUPER MOON: JULY 13 AT 10:37AM.
FIRST DAY LOSING MORE THAN 4 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT PER DAY: JULY 15.
LAST SUNRISE BEFORE 5AM: JULY 19.
THIRD QUARTER MOON: JULY 20 AT 6:18AM.
LAST DAY WITH MORE THAN 18 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT: JULY 20.
SUNSET AT 11PM: JULY 23.
FIRST DAY LOSING MORE THAN 5 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT PER DAY: JULY 28.
NEW MOON: JULY 28 AT 9:54AM.
END OF THE MONTH DAYLIGHT: 17 HOURS 10 MINUTES.
TOTAL MONTHLY DAYLIGHT LOSS: 2 HOURS.

NEXT METEOR SHOWER VIEWABLE IN ANCHORAGE:
PERSEIDS METEOR SHOWER: AUGUST 12-13, 2022.

NEXT ECLIPSE VIEWABLE IN ANCHORAGE: 
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE- NOVEMBER 7-8, 2022 AT 1:59AM 11/8.

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WEGMAN