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The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−09:00). During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours ( UTC−08:00 ). The clock time in this zone is based on mean solar time at the 135th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory .
For example, Sitka, the capital of Alaska at the time, at longitude 135°20′W, had a local time equivalent to UTC+14:59 under Russia and UTC−09:01 under the United States. [ 7 ] In 1900, "Alaska Standard Time" was established within the state as UTC−09:00 .
Anchorage, [a] officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, [5] [9] it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population.
Get the Anchorage, AK local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Florida shatters all-time snowfall record as 'once-in-a-lifetime' storm blankets Gulf Coast.
Sunday’s storm was the first time since 1916 that over an inch of snow fell in Anchorage when temperatures were 2 degrees (minus 16.6 C) or colder, said Kenna Mitchell, a meteorologist for the ...
At least 4 inches of snow had fallen across Anchorage and Eagle River overnight through midday Saturday, with small bursts of additional snowfall expected through the evening, National Weather ...
Based on the ERA5 data published by ECMWF, the annual mean temperature of Anchorage has increased from 0.8 °C in 1940 to 3.8 °C in 2022, an increase of 3 °C. [8] The mayor and the assembly of Anchorage in 2019 issued a climate action plan for the anticipated effects that climate change will have on its city and people. [9]
Nov. 2—The last few weeks of little precipitation and mostly clear roads is coming to an end for Southcentral Alaska, with freezing rain or rain in the forecast by Friday and snow possible by ...