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Farther afield at the Campbell Airstrip is another weather station recording colder night temperatures in both summer and winter. [ 4 ] Average July low and high temperatures are 52 / 66 °F (11.1 / 18.9 °C) and the hottest reading ever recorded was 90 °F or 32.2 °C on July 4, 2019.
Owing to the rain shadow of the coastal mountains, south-central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow with up to 300 inches (7.62 m) at Valdez and much more in the mountains. On average, Anchorage receives 16 inches (410 mm) of precipitation a year, with around 75 inches (1.91 m) of snow.
However, this doesn't mean it is completely dark for 24 hours a day for areas experiencing polar night. This is due to a time of day called "civil twilight," according to the Weather Channel.
April brings less extreme temperatures, with an average of 4.0 °F (−15.6 °C), and on April 1, the sun is up for more than 14 hours. By May 1, the sun is up for 19 hours, and by May 10 or 11 (depending on the year's relationship to the nearest leap year), the sun stays above the horizon for the entire day.
Why This Alaskan Town Will Experience 64 Days of Darkness. ... November 18, 2024 at 3:52 PM. ALASKA, UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 10: Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) illuminate the sky in Alaska ...
April 27 – 2023 Alaska mid-air collision: Three United States Army personnel are killed and another is injured when two AH-64 Apache helicopters collide over Healy, near Fort Wainwright. [4] May 29 – One person is killed and four others are missing after a chartered boat sinks near Sitka. [5]
Tropical Wind and Rainstorm Bolaven has its sights set on southern Alaska where impacts may begin as the weekend comes to a close, according to AccuWeather hurricane experts. ... 2023 at 11:19 AM ...
The opposite phenomenon, polar day or midnight sun, occurs when the Sun remains above the horizon for more than 24 hours. There are multiple ways to define twilight, the gradual transition to and from darkness when the Sun is below the horizon. [2] "Civil" twilight occurs when the Sun is between 0 and 6 degrees below the horizon.