Station Overview Station Location
Station Number AK-KP-1 Latitude 60.4868
Station Name Soldotna 0.6 W Longitude -151.0823
County Kenai Peninsula Elevation (ft) 105



Month Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 10 1.66 31 1.66 31 0.00 0 0 11 2 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 3.30 34 3.30 30 0.00 4 1 18 1 18.9 11 25
Dec 10 0.92 35 0.92 31 0.00 4 1 6 2 10.7 6 31
Jan 11 2.20 38 2.20 31 0.00 7 2 10 1 5.9 8 31
Feb 11 0.91 28 0.91 28 0.00 0 0 6 2 12.0 5 28
March 11 0.08 31 0.08 31 0.00 0 0 4 2 0.7 4 31
April 11 1.04 32 1.04 30 0.00 2 1 7 3 1.9 3 12
May 11 0.35 31 0.35 31 0.00 0 0 10 4 0.0 0 0
June 11 1.32 39 1.32 30 0.00 9 1 15 5 0.0 0 0
July 11 1.79 31 1.79 31 0.00 0 0 12 2 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 4.41 31 4.41 31 0.00 0 0 18 4 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 2.44 30 2.44 30 0.00 0 0 19 4 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 20.42" 391 days 20.42" 365 0.00" 26 days 6 136 days 32 days 50.1" 37 days 158 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2010 0.31
10/2/2010 0.33
10/3/2010 0.47
10/4/2010 0.03
10/5/2010 0.02
10/6/2010 0.00
10/7/2010 0.12
10/8/2010 0.02
10/9/2010 0.00
10/10/2010 0.00
10/11/2010 0.00
10/12/2010 0.00
10/13/2010 0.00
10/14/2010 0.00
10/15/2010 0.00
10/16/2010 0.00
10/17/2010 0.00
10/18/2010 T
10/19/2010 0.09
10/20/2010 T
10/21/2010 0.00
10/22/2010 0.00
10/23/2010 0.00
10/24/2010 0.00
10/25/2010 0.05
10/26/2010 0.03
10/27/2010 0.00
10/28/2010 0.00
10/29/2010 0.19
10/30/2010 0.00
10/31/2010 0.00
11/1/2010 0.00
11/2/2010 0.13
11/3/2010 0.04
11/4/2010 0.28
11/5/2010 0.02
11/6/2010 0.51
11/7/2010 0.38
11/8/2010 0.26
11/9/2010 0.06
11/10/2010 T
11/11/2010 0.00
11/12/2010 0.00
11/13/2010 0.13
11/14/2010 0.01
11/15/2010 0.01
11/16/2010 0.01
11/17/2010 0.00
11/18/2010 0.00
11/19/2010 0.00
11/20/2010 0.00
11/21/2010 0.00
11/22/2010 0.01
11/23/2010 0.11
11/24/2010 0.78
11/25/2010 0.25 **
11/26/2010 0.21 **
11/27/2010 0.00 **
11/28/2010 0.10 M
11/29/2010 0.00
11/30/2010 0.00
12/1/2010 0.00
12/2/2010 0.00
12/3/2010 0.00
12/4/2010 0.13
12/5/2010 0.00
12/6/2010 0.00
12/7/2010 0.00
12/8/2010 0.00
12/9/2010 0.00
12/10/2010 0.00
12/11/2010 0.06
12/12/2010 T
12/13/2010 0.00
12/14/2010 0.00
12/15/2010 0.00
12/16/2010 0.00
12/17/2010 0.00
12/18/2010 0.00
12/19/2010 0.00
12/20/2010 0.14
12/21/2010 T
12/22/2010 0.00
12/23/2010 0.00
12/24/2010 0.00
12/25/2010 0.00 **
12/26/2010 0.04 **
12/27/2010 0.00 M
12/28/2010 0.00
12/29/2010 0.00
12/30/2010 0.27
12/31/2010 0.28 **
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011 0.01 M
1/2/2011 0.00
1/3/2011 0.00
1/4/2011 T
1/5/2011 0.01
1/6/2011 0.00
1/7/2011 0.00
1/8/2011 0.00
1/9/2011 0.00
1/10/2011 0.00
1/11/2011 0.00
1/12/2011 0.00
1/13/2011 0.00
1/14/2011 0.00
1/15/2011 0.00
1/16/2011 0.00 **
1/17/2011 0.00 **
1/18/2011 0.03 **
1/19/2011 0.00 **
1/20/2011 0.11 **
1/21/2011 0.16 M
1/22/2011 0.02
1/23/2011 1.68
1/24/2011 0.08
1/25/2011 0.00
1/26/2011 0.08
1/27/2011 0.02
1/28/2011 0.00
1/29/2011 0.00
1/30/2011 0.00
1/31/2011 0.00
2/1/2011 0.17
2/2/2011 0.28
2/3/2011 0.33
2/4/2011 T
2/5/2011 0.00
2/6/2011 0.00
2/7/2011 0.00
2/8/2011 0.00
2/9/2011 T
2/10/2011 0.04
2/11/2011 0.01
2/12/2011 0.00
2/13/2011 0.00
2/14/2011 0.00
2/15/2011 0.00
2/16/2011 0.00
2/17/2011 0.00
2/18/2011 0.08
2/19/2011 0.00
2/20/2011 0.00
2/21/2011 0.00
2/22/2011 0.00
2/23/2011 0.00
2/24/2011 0.00
2/25/2011 0.00
2/26/2011 0.00
2/27/2011 0.00
2/28/2011 0.00
3/1/2011 0.00
3/2/2011 0.00
3/3/2011 0.00
3/4/2011 0.00
3/5/2011 0.00
3/6/2011 0.00
3/7/2011 0.00
3/8/2011 0.00
3/9/2011 0.00
3/10/2011 0.00
3/11/2011 0.00
3/12/2011 0.00
3/13/2011 0.00
3/14/2011 0.00
3/15/2011 0.00
3/16/2011 0.00
3/17/2011 0.01
3/18/2011 0.02
3/19/2011 0.00
3/20/2011 0.00
3/21/2011 0.00
3/22/2011 0.00
3/23/2011 0.00
3/24/2011 0.00
3/25/2011 T
3/26/2011 0.03
3/27/2011 T
3/28/2011 0.00
3/29/2011 0.02
3/30/2011 0.00
3/31/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2011 0.01
4/2/2011 0.00
4/3/2011 0.00
4/4/2011 0.00
4/5/2011 0.24
4/6/2011 0.00
4/7/2011 0.12
4/8/2011 0.25
4/9/2011 T
4/10/2011 0.00
4/11/2011 T
4/12/2011 0.02
4/13/2011 0.00
4/14/2011 0.00
4/15/2011 0.00
4/16/2011 0.00
4/17/2011 0.00
4/18/2011 0.00
4/19/2011 0.00 **
4/20/2011 0.00 M
4/21/2011 0.00
4/22/2011 0.00
4/23/2011 T
4/24/2011 0.00
4/25/2011 0.00
4/26/2011 0.27
4/27/2011 0.13
4/28/2011 0.00
4/29/2011 0.00
4/30/2011 0.00
5/1/2011 0.04
5/2/2011 0.00
5/3/2011 0.00
5/4/2011 0.03
5/5/2011 0.02
5/6/2011 0.01
5/7/2011 0.00
5/8/2011 T
5/9/2011 0.13
5/10/2011 0.01
5/11/2011 0.00
5/12/2011 0.00
5/13/2011 0.00
5/14/2011 0.00
5/15/2011 0.00
5/16/2011 0.01
5/17/2011 T
5/18/2011 T
5/19/2011 0.00
5/20/2011 0.00
5/21/2011 0.07
5/22/2011 0.00
5/23/2011 T
5/24/2011 0.00
5/25/2011 0.00
5/26/2011 0.00
5/27/2011 0.00
5/28/2011 0.00
5/29/2011 0.02
5/30/2011 0.01
5/31/2011 0.00
6/1/2011 0.03
6/2/2011 0.11
6/3/2011 0.00
6/4/2011 0.08
6/5/2011 0.10
6/6/2011 0.03
6/7/2011 0.09
6/8/2011 T
6/9/2011 0.01
6/10/2011 T
6/11/2011 0.06
6/12/2011 T
6/13/2011 0.00
6/14/2011 0.02
6/15/2011 0.13
6/16/2011 0.31
6/17/2011 T
6/18/2011 0.00 **
6/19/2011 0.05 **
6/20/2011 0.09 **
6/21/2011 0.00 **
6/22/2011 0.00 **
6/23/2011 0.00 **
6/24/2011 0.00 **
6/25/2011 0.16 **
6/26/2011 0.05 M
6/27/2011 0.00
6/28/2011 T
6/29/2011 0.00
6/30/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2011 0.00
7/2/2011 0.14
7/3/2011 0.29
7/4/2011 0.00
7/5/2011 0.00
7/6/2011 0.00
7/7/2011 0.00
7/8/2011 0.00
7/9/2011 T
7/10/2011 T
7/11/2011 0.01
7/12/2011 0.24
7/13/2011 0.01
7/14/2011 0.00
7/15/2011 0.00
7/16/2011 0.00
7/17/2011 0.00
7/18/2011 0.28
7/19/2011 0.00
7/20/2011 0.00
7/21/2011 0.09
7/22/2011 0.00
7/23/2011 0.00
7/24/2011 0.09
7/25/2011 0.19
7/26/2011 0.19
7/27/2011 0.21
7/28/2011 0.05
7/29/2011 0.00
7/30/2011 0.00
7/31/2011 0.00
8/1/2011 0.24
8/2/2011 0.35
8/3/2011 0.52
8/4/2011 0.06
8/5/2011 0.31
8/6/2011 0.00
8/7/2011 0.53
8/8/2011 T
8/9/2011 0.06
8/10/2011 0.00
8/11/2011 0.00
8/12/2011 0.00
8/13/2011 0.02
8/14/2011 0.04
8/15/2011 0.13
8/16/2011 T
8/17/2011 0.00
8/18/2011 0.00
8/19/2011 0.27
8/20/2011 0.74
8/21/2011 0.03
8/22/2011 0.00
8/23/2011 0.08
8/24/2011 0.20
8/25/2011 0.02
8/26/2011 T
8/27/2011 0.00
8/28/2011 0.03
8/29/2011 0.00
8/30/2011 T
8/31/2011 0.78
9/1/2011 0.67
9/2/2011 0.15
9/3/2011 0.01
9/4/2011 0.09
9/5/2011 0.02
9/6/2011 0.00
9/7/2011 0.02
9/8/2011 0.10
9/9/2011 0.00
9/10/2011 0.00
9/11/2011 0.00
9/12/2011 0.10
9/13/2011 0.05
9/14/2011 0.03
9/15/2011 0.00
9/16/2011 0.01
9/17/2011 0.14
9/18/2011 T
9/19/2011 0.01
9/20/2011 0.27
9/21/2011 T
9/22/2011 0.01
9/23/2011 0.04
9/24/2011 0.00
9/25/2011 T
9/26/2011 0.00
9/27/2011 T
9/28/2011 0.01
9/29/2011 0.29
9/30/2011 0.42



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2010 8:58 AM 0.31 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Intermittent rain began late in the morning and ended late in the afternoon. More steady rain occurred overnight. Temperatures once again remained mild, with the high yesterday peaking at 48.3° F and the overnight low holding at 44.4° F. The present temperature is 46° F under mostly cloudy skies.
10/2/2010 8:41 AM 0.33 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Our annual total for water year 2009-2010 is 16.02 inches. The normal for the 5 water year period Oct 1 2004-Sep 30 2009 is 17.32 inches, so we finished 1.30 inches below normal. The rainfall over the past 24 hours, 0.33 inches, occurred during the day yesterday, then, after a break late in the day, resumed just before midnight. The rainfall continued overnight and has tapered off to light drizzle at the present time. Temperatures warmed to 53.2° F and the overnight low was 44.4° F.
10/3/2010 7:50 AM 0.47 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had substantial rain yesterday which continued throughout the day but which ended early in the evening. The high temperature reached 50.1 ° F and dropped to 41.7° F overnight. The present temperature is 43° under high thin cloudiness, with the waning moon dimly visible.
10/4/2010 8:44 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light showers with very strong winds moved from south to north early in the evening. I recorded a wind gust of 31 m.p.h., the highest I've noted in my relatively protected location since at least July, 2006. Earlier in the day a tree toppled near my weather station, missing it by approximately 15 feet. No damage occurred from this fallen tree. The high temperature yesterday reached 53.1° F before cooling to 32.4° F overnight. The present temperature is 33° F under partly cloudy skies and winds have diminished.
10/5/2010 8:04 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny weather yesterday was briefly interrupted by brief, but locally intense rainshowers during the late afternoon across the mid Kenai Peninsula. The high temperature was 55.7° F before we cooled to 40.8° F overnight. Skies also gradually clouded over overnight, and the present temperature is 42° F with cloudy skies.
10/6/2010 7:52 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny skies yesterday gave Soldotna a pleasant autumn afternoon with a high of 55°.0 F. Overnight, the low temperature dropped to 33.3° F around 1:30 a.m. before skies clouded over. The present temperature is 35° F under cloudy skies.
10/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning sprinkles turned into afternoon rain showers which ended abruptly during the evening. Skies then cleared. The high yesterday was a chilly 46.1° F and cooled to 29.2° F under clear skies. The present temperature is 30° F under clear skies.
10/8/2010 8:15 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain during the day yesterday ended by mid afternoon. Skies became partly cloudy during the overnight, but fog developed early this morning. The high yesterday was 45.5° F and dropped to 30.3° F overnight before fog developed. The present temperature is 36° F under cloudy skies.
10/9/2010 8:21 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy skies yesterday persisted until after sundown, then skies cleared overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 46.6° F and cooled to 25.3° F under clear skies. The present temperature remains 25.3° F and may drop slightly as it is not yet sunrise.
10/10/2010 7:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A few high clouds passed over during the day yesterday but suuny weather boosted our high temperature to 51.4° F. Skies were mostly clear overnight, and the temperature dropped to 26.4° F. the present temperature is 27° F under fair skies.
10/11/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had continued sunny skies and pleasant weather yesterday. The high temperature reached 50° F and cooled to 29.3° F overnight under fair skies. The present temperature is 30° F under partly cloudy skies.
10/12/2010 8:28 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were partly sunny in the morning but clouded over during the afternoon. The high temperature reached 44.2° F, and cooled to 29.3° F overnight as skies cleared. The present temperature has boosted to 36° F as high stratus developed within the past hour.
10/13/2010 7:21 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy skies in the morning yesterday became mostly sunny during the afternoon. The high temperature reached 47.7° F before cooling overnight to the present temperature of 23.6° F overnight. Skies remain mostly clear.
10/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear skies yesterday continued overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 46.1° F and cooled to 20.3° F, which is the current temperature. Skies remain clear.
10/15/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear skies yesterday yielded to encroaching high clouds by evening to the south but skies cleared again overnight. The high temperature was 43.9° F and the low temperature this morning was 18.4° F. The present temperature is 19° F under clear skies.
10/16/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies yesterday yielded to high clouds by evening, and skies clouded over completely overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 42.8° F and the overnight low reached 22.8° F. The present temperature is 27° F under cloudy skies.
10/17/2010 7:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were cloudy yesterday, although there was some brief clearing overnight. The high temperature was 41.4° F and cooled to 38.7° F overnight. The present temperatire os 39° F under cloudy skies. Winds have increased somewhat also over the past 24 hours with a peak gust of 19 m.p.h. around 6 a.m. this morning.
10/18/2010 8:10 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a trace of precipitation this morning from rain. Cloudy skies and breezy conditions were prevalent in Soldotna yesterday. The high temperature reached 46.2° F late in the evening as a deep but diminishing low pressure area approached from the south and west. The low temperature reached 35.6° F about 40 minutes ago under cloudy skies. The present temperature is 36° F under cloudy skies.
10/19/2010 8:55 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rian and showers developed late yesterday afternoon and ended shortly after midnight. Clouds were prevalent yesterday before the showers, but partial clearing developed early this morning. The high temperature yesterday reached 46.7° F and cooled to 30.8° F this morning. The present temperature is 32° F under partly cloudy skies.
10/20/2010 8:48 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy skies during the morning and early afternoon yielded to a brief mid afternoon rain shower. Skies became partly cloudy again overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 44.4° F and cooled to 26.9° F overnight. The present temperature is 28° F under partly cloudy skies.
10/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny skies prevailed in Soldotna yesterday and the temperature reached 50.7° F. It was variably cloudy overnight with the low reaching 33.0° F. The present temperature is 40° F under mostly cloudy skies.
10/22/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a sunny morning, clouds moved in around the Soldotna vicinity. Even though showers were within 15-20 miles of us, we remained dry. Temperatures remained mild, with the high reaching 49° F. The low temperature overnight under cloudy skies was also mild, bottoming out at 36.5° F for the warmest overnight since Oct 3. The present temperature under cloudy skies is a relatively balmy 44° F.
10/23/2010 8:24 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies remained cloudy during the day and overnight. The high temperature was a relatively mild 44.2° F before cooling to 37.5° F which is the present temperature under cloudy skies.
10/24/2010 8:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 PPartly cloudy skies in the morning blended into mostly sunny skies during the afternoon. High clouds allowed the moon to shine through all night. The high temperature yesterday reached a mild 46.3° The temperature dropped to 27.8° F overnight. The present temperature under high cloudiness is 30° F.
10/25/2010 8:50 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds thickened during the day, brief light freezing rain melted as it reached the ground early in the evening, then light rain commenced late in the evening. The high temeprature was 38.7° F, marking the first day in October where the high temperature failed to reach above 40° F. The overnight low was 33.9° F early this morning, and is 34° F presently with light drizzle.
10/26/2010 8:58 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light drizzle ended yesterday morning shortly after yesterday's report. Skies became variably cloudy, and there were brief mid afternoon showers in Soldotna. skies cleared during the evening and remained so overnight. The high temperature yesterday was a relatively mild 46.1° F and the low was 25.8° F this morning. The temperature has not yet warmed and skies remain mostly clear.
10/27/2010 8:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were partly cloudy, although there was intermittent high fog around noon and again during the evening. The high temperature reached 42.8° F and dropped to 29.8° F this morning which is the present temperature. Fog remains at or just above the ground.
10/28/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a sunny morning and early afternoon, skies clouded up. Drizzle began around midnight. Heavier, measurable rain commenced around dawn this morning and is continuing. The high temperature yesterday reached 45.1° F and coooled to 35.9° F earlier this morning. The present temperature is 37° F.
10/29/2010 8:58 AM 0.19 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain continued yesterday morning, became intemittent showers during the afternoon, ended late afternoon and skies cleared overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 39.2° F and cooled to 28.2° F overnight, which is the present temperature.
10/30/2010 8:24 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Dry weather returned to Soldotna yesterday. The high temperature under mostly sunny skies reached 41.3° F. The low earlier this morning was 24.0° F and skies were partly cloudy overnight. The present temperature is 26° under variably cloudy skies.
10/31/2010 7:54 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were variably cloudy yesterday in Soldotna, with periods of sun. The high temperature yesterday reached 34.1° F which is the chilliest high temperature for October 2010 to date. The overnight low was 20.7° F. Skies were fair to partly cloudy overnight and remain so at this time with the present temperature of 24° F.
11/1/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy, windy and cold weather was prevalent in Soldotna yesterday. We had no precipitation and ended the month of October with no snow. The high temperature was 36.5° F but it felt colder with the wind and absence of sun. The morning low was 32.1° F under cloudy skies. Skies remain cloudy and the temperature is 35° F.
11/2/2010 8:00 AM 0.13 0.2 0.13 0.0 0.13 Lght snow developed for the first time this winter season late last night. Since temperatures remained above freezing overnight (bottoming out at 33.2° F) the snow was mixed with rain and there was not a significant accumulation. The high yesterday reached 40.5° before clouds thickened during the afternoon. The present temperature under fair to partly cloudy skies is 35° F.
11/3/2010 8:58 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.06 A sunny day transitioned into clouds by late afternoon, and showers began just before dawn. The high yesterday was 41.1° F and the low this morning was 32.4° F just after midnight. The present temperature is 35° F. under cloudy skies.
11/4/2010 8:47 AM 0.28 0.4 0.18 0.0 0.17 We had brief snow early in the evening yesterday, but this changed over to rain around midnight as the temperature increased from an evening low reading of 33.5° F. Total rain and melted snow by midnight was 0.18 inches, and another 0.1 inch of rain fell after midnight. Temperatures held in the 30's throughout, with the high reaching 38.7° F yesterday and cooling to 34.4° F early this morning. The present temperature is 36° F with drizzle.
11/5/2010 8:23 AM 0.02 T T 0.0 0.09 Light rain, drizzle and brief afternoon flurries as precipitation ended yesterday characterized an early November day in Soldotna. Absent, however, was appreciable snow cover, as earlier week light snow has been transformed into a thin layer of ice in most areas. The high temperature reached 36.2° F and cooled to 27.0° F this morning. The current temperature is 29° F under fair skies.
11/6/2010 8:58 AM 0.51 6.0 0.55 5.5 0.56 We've had snow, and plenty of it. It started during the evening and is continuing. After a high of 38° F yesterday and increasing clouds, the temperature held just above freezing all night with a low of 33° F, which is the present temperature.
11/7/2010 7:58 AM 0.38 2.0 0.34 5.5 0.89 Snow continued much of the morning, changed to light rain in the afternoon which continued into the evening. The rain began again late in the evening, then became snow again early this morning. Temperatures have barely fluctuated with the high yesterday reaching 34.5° F and the low this morning dropping only to 32.7° F. The present temperature is 33° F with flurries mixed with light snow.
11/8/2010 8:52 AM 0.26 3.8 0.27 8.0 1.17 Snow showers continued at sporadic intervals during the day, and increased during the evening. A few light snow showers overnight concluded the snow event. The high temperature yesterday was 33.5° F before cooling to 28.3° F overnight. The present temperature is 29° F under cloudy skies.
11/9/2010 8:58 AM 0.06 1.9 0.12 9.0 1.30 Light snow persisted during the afternoon and tapered off during the evening. Cold air after the storm, dropped the temperature to 16.8° F, the coldest overnight of the new winter season so far, after a high yesterday of 31.8° F. The present temperature is 22° F under cloudy skies.
11/10/2010 8:58 AM T 0.0 T 8.5 1.30 A trace of snow fell during mid day flurries. Just as the sun was setting, skies cleared, allowing the overnight temperature to drop to 11.8° F after a high of 29.9° F. Clouds moved in towards morning, and remain as the temperature has rebounded to 25° F.
11/11/2010 8:28 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.5 1.30 For the first time this month, I'm able to report not even a trace of precipitation. Increasing winds blew snow down off trees and rooftops, but we remained dry despite cloudy skies. The high temperature yesterday reached 29.6° F, cooled only to 29.0° overnight and recently spiked to 32.4° F under downsloping, warming winds over the Kenai Mtns associated with a nearby low pressure area. Skies this morning are partly cloudy.
11/12/2010 8:37 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.0 1.28 Variably cloudy skies yesterday were accompanied by occasional rays of sunshine. Temperatures were mild with the high reaching 34.5° F before cooling to 24.9° F under variably cloudy skies overnight. The present temperature is 27° F under mostly cloudy skies.
11/13/2010 8:55 AM 0.13 0.7 0.23 7.0 1.51 After an increasingly cloudy day, snow began during the evening, and ended just before midnight. Light rain fell after the snow, which ended just after midnight. Temperatures warmed during the evening and remained mild overnight. The high temperature reached 36.4° F yesterday afternoon, was 34.5° F early this morning, then rose to 36.4° F about 4:50 a.m. The present temperature is 35° F under partly cloudy skies.
11/14/2010 8:13 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.37 Sun in the morning yielded to mid day clouds and brief mid afternoon showers. The high temperature reached 34.8° F. Skies became partly cloudy by evening and cleared overnight. The low temperature reached 27° F. The present temperature is 34° F under clear skies.
11/15/2010 8:58 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 6.5 1.36 After a sunny day and clear evening yesterday clouds moved in, dropping a brief light snow shower early this morning, The high yesterday was 38.6° F and dropped to 20.8° F overnight. The present temperature is 25° F under cloudy skies.
11/16/2010 8:58 AM 0.01 0.3 0.01 6.5 1.37 A few light morning snow showers gave way to clearing skies and colder temperatures. The high temperature, 31.4° F was just after midnight yesterday morning, dropped to 17.3° F yesterday evening, then has hovered near 20° F this morning. Skies remain clear this morning and the present temperature is 22° F.
11/17/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.37 We had clear and colder weather Tuesday the 16th and overnight early Wednesday the 17th. The high was 25.7° F and the overnight low was 5.6° F, the coldest night so far of the 2010-2011 Winter Season. The temperature at the morning observation is 7° F.
11/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.37 Mostly sunny skies and a clear overnight prevailed in Soldotna yesterday. The high reached 23.9° F and the overnight low was 5.3° F. The present temperature under clear skies is 6° F.
11/19/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.36 A continuation of dry, chilly weather ruled Soldotna skies yesterday and overnight. The high yesterday was a coolish 19.8° F, coolest daytime high for this early winter season, and the low overnight was 6.8° F. The present temperature is 9° F under clear skies.
11/20/2010 8:46 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.36 Clear skies prevailed again in Soldotna yesterday. Skies were mostly clear overnight but clouds increased towards morning. The high yesterday was 19.5° F, and the overnight low was 2.5° F at 3 a.m. The present temperature has risen to 11° F under partly cloudy skies.
11/21/2010 8:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.36 Partly sunny skies yesterday cleared overnight, then became partly cloudy this morning. The high temperature yesterday reached 20.0° F and cooled to 9.6° F overnight. The present temperature is 12° F under partly cloudy skies.
11/22/2010 8:58 AM 0.01 0.0 0.01 6.0 1.37 We have had freezing rain overnight resulting in measurable precipitation. The high yesterday was 23.8° F, dropped only to 21.4° F overnight and has risen to 27° under cloudy skies.
11/23/2010 8:04 AM 0.11 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.47 Light rain has continued overnight since its commencement yesterday afternoon. Before temperatures warmed there was a brief interval of freezing rain yesterday morning. Temperatures warmed to 34.5° F just before midnight, chilled only to 33.8° early this morning then peaked at 34.7° F before dropping back to 34.5° F at this time.
11/24/2010 8:28 AM 0.78 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.18 Rain has fallen during much of the previous 24 hours, except for a break early this morning. Yesterday's total rain was 0.76 inches and there was 0.02 inches early this morning. Light rain is still falling. The high temperature yesterday was 38.3° F and the overnight low was 31.5° F. The present temperature is 35° F.
11/25/2010 8:00 AM 0.25 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.18 We had rain much of the day. High was 36.4° F, low was 27.1° F
11/26/2010 8:00 AM 0.21 2.0 0.21 6.0 1.21 Rain changed to snow. High was 34.5° F, low was 13.1° F
11/27/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.21 Mostly cloudy and colder. High 27.1° F, low 13.2° F
11/28/2010 8:37 AM 0.10 1.5 0.15 7.5 1.36 We had lioght snow overnight. Skies cleared toward morning. The high was 23.9° F, and the low was 15.3° F which is also the present.
11/29/2010 8:43 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.29 Skies have been clear the past 24 hours. Winds have picked up substantially, and has blown the snow around. While no extensive drifts have developed, the total depth is reduced from 7.5 inches to 6.0 inches. The high temperature yesterday was 21.5° F early in the morning, and declined until it reached a low of 8.7° F early in the evening. Winds have increased since then, and we are now at 23° F.
11/30/2010 7:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.27 Windy weather and clear skies prevailed yesterday, then winds died down overnight. The high temperature was not until after 7 p.m. when it reached 26.6° F. The temperature rose to 27.0° F early this morning, then dropped presently to 9.5° F as winds have calmed. Skies remain clear.
12/1/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.27 We finally fell below zero in Soldotna, but not until early this morning. November, therefore, remained above zero in Soldotna (although communities like Sterling further east would dispute that) The high temperature yesterday was 27.0° F just after midnight the 30th, and dropped to 1.2° F just before midnight. This morning, we have dropped to -3.4° F which is the present temperature. Skies have remained clear the whole time, and winds have died.
12/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.27 We remained clear and very cold in Soldotna yesterday. High clouds encroached from the southwest overnight. The high temperature reached 7.4° F and dropped to near zero late in the evening before beginning to climb to it's present 8.4° F reading under cloudy skies.
12/3/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.27 Skies have clouded over and temperatures have risen overnight after a mostly clear, chilly day yesterday. The high temperature reached 14.1° F, dropped to 1.1° F before midnight, rose slightly, then dropped to 1.3° F early this morning.
12/4/2010 8:31 AM 0.13 0.5 0.21 6.0 1.40 After daytime flurries, snow at times mixed with freezing rain arrived in the evening. The wintry mix ended by late evening and skies partially cleared overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 35.8° F and the low overnight was 22.2° F which is the present temperature. Skies are partly cloudy at this time.
12/5/2010 8:07 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.40 Variably cloudy skies yesterday cleared overnight. The daytime high yesterday (Saturday) was 26.4° F (although it had been 30° F at just after midnight early Saturday). The low early this morning dropped to 11.6° F. Skies remain clear.
12/6/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.40 Clear, cold weather dominated Soldotna yesterday, and clouds moved in overnight. The high yesterday was 18.8° F and the overnight low was 7.4° F. The present temeprature is 10° F under cloudy skies.
12/7/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.40 Skies have been variably to mostly cloudy yesterday and overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 22.1° F and remained in the low 20's overnight. The present temperature is 21° F under mostly cloudy skies.
12/8/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.38 Viariably cloudy skies yesterday cleared overnight. The high temperature yesterday (Tuesday Dec 7) reached 23.5° F and fell to 8.4° F by observation time this morning.
12/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.36 Clear and cold weather prevailed in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 14.4° F and the overnight low was 2.7° F which is also the present temperature. Skies remain clear.
12/10/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.34 Sunny skies and cold temperatures were widespread in Soldotna and on the Kenai Peninsula yesterday. Some clouds have encroached from the east overnight, but temperatures remain cold. The high yesterday was 7.5° F and chilled to -2.4° F overnight. The present temperature is -1° F under partly cloudy skies.
12/11/2010 8:58 AM 0.06 0.6 0.06 6.0 1.38 Snow returned to Soldotna overnight but amounts were light. The entire month so far has yielded only 0.19 inches as much of the weather has been influenced by high pressure. The high yesterday was late in the evening and inched up to 17.7° F just before midnight. Temperatures have remained around 18° F since. Skies are presently cloudy, with flurries.
12/12/2010 8:00 AM T T T 6.0 1.38 After a few early day snow flurries yesterday, skies cleared, and sunny and colder weather returned to Soldotna. The high temperature yesterday reached 20.3° F and has dropped to 0.9° F this morning. The temperature remains hovering around 1° F this morning under clear skies.
12/13/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.38 Clear, cold weather continued in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The single digit high held to 8.3° F and dropped to -3.9° F overnight for the coldest overnight of the winter so far. Some high cloudiness moved in overnight and skies are partly cloudy with the present temperature of 2° F.
12/14/2010 8:15 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.38 Skies remain mostly clear in Soldotna, but winds have increased. The temperature has also risen overnight. Yesterday's high was 7.0° F, the overnight low was 1.9° F just after midnight, and is now 16° F.
12/15/2010 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.37 Windy weather kept temperatures relatively mild. The high temperature yesterday under clear skies was 18.2° F and dropped to 15.6° F early this morning. Skies remain clear this morning and the present temperature is 17° F.
12/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.36 Sunny weather has continued yesterday, but dying winds and clear skies ovenight have allowed temperatures to chill. The high yesterday was 20.6° F and the low overnight was 0.9° F. The present temperature under clear skies is 4° F.
12/17/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.35 Now that the winds have died, the temperatures in Soldotna have plummeted under continued clear skies. the present temperature of -6.9° F is our overnight low (so far) after a high yesterday of 11.3° F.
12/18/2010 8:48 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.35 Yesterday's high temperature at -0.1° F failed to reach zero for the first time since January 9, 2009. The overnight low was -4.2° F as the clear cold weather continues. The present temeperature is -3° F under clear skies.
12/19/2010 8:53 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.35 Some high cloudiness developed over the Kenai Peninsula and temperatures have remained cold. Skies are clear again this morning, however, and the temperature has dropped to 0.5° F. With over two hours until sunrise it may drop below zero, after a high yesterday of 4.0° F.
12/20/2010 8:58 AM 0.14 3.0 0.18 8.5 1.53 The 3 inch snowfall which began late in the afternoon ended just after midnight. The high temperature warmed to 17.1° F then fell to 6.8° F overnight as skies partially cleared. The present temperature is 12° F under mostly cloudy skies.
12/21/2010 8:42 AM T T T 8.5 1.53 A few early afternoon snow flurries ended and skies cleared, allowing temperatures to return to frigid conditions overnight. The high yesterday was 16.2° F and dropeed to -5.5° F early this morning. The present temeprature under clear skies is -3° F.
12/22/2010 7:16 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.5 1.53 Clear and cold weather has continued in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high yesterday reached 5.5° F and the overniht low (so far) is -8.4° F. The present temperature is -7° F.
12/23/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.5 1.53 No temperature data are available. Cold clear weather continues, without any precipitation (snow) in the past 24 hours.
12/24/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.5 1.53 Continued clear and cold weather is occurring in Soldotna. The overnight low was -12.9° F after a high yesterday of -1.0° F. Skies remain clear but the present temperature is not available.
12/25/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.0 1.53 Clear and cold. High 24th was -7.5° F low a.m. 25th was -13.8° F. Included in Multi-day report
12/26/2010 8:00 AM 0.04 0.5 0.05 8.5 1.58 We warmed to 5.3° F 12/25 in the afternoon. There was brief light snow which ended but the time is not known. Early 12/26 we dropped to -8.0° F. This information is in the multi-day report.
12/27/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.5 1.58 Skies have been partly cloudy in the past 24 hours and it has not been as cold. The high temperature was 11.4° F afternoon of the 26th and the overnight low this morning was -4.3° F. under partly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 2° F under partly cloudy skies.
12/28/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.5 1.58 Mostly clear, chilly weather has continued in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 10.5° F and dropped to -1.8° F early this morning. The present temperature reading is unavailable and skies are clear.
12/29/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.0 1.58 Skies have become partly to mostly cloudy and temperatures have warmed overnight. The high temperature yesterday, 4.7° F occurred late last evening and it rose to 7.4° F at 5:40 a.m. this morning. The present temperature is 6° F under variably cloudy skies.
12/30/2010 7:35 AM 0.27 4.6 0.36 12.0 1.85 Heavy snow developed overnight. We received 0.4 inches of snow before midnight and 4.2 inches after midnight. There is some freezing rain now. The temperatures have risen steadily since midnight and the present temperature is 23° F. Yesterday's high was 18.2° F and the overnight low (after midnight) was 17.5° F
12/31/2010 8:00 AM 0.28 1.5 0.36 11.0 2.13 Snow and rain fell early in the morning. Snow appears to have fallen first followed by rain. I was not here to witness firsthand. The high temperature the 30th was 29.0° F, and the low was 19.4° F early the 31st.
1/1/2011 8:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.02 11.0 2.14 Light snow occurred just after midnight this morning, and ended not long after it began. Temperatures remained just below freezing overnight after a high yesterday of 35.6° F. The low was 26.6° F overnight and the present temperature under cloudy skies is 29° F.
1/2/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 10.0 2.14 Despite threatening looking cloudy skies yesterday we remained dry, but mild. The high temperature yesterday was 40.7° F, but actually peaked at 43.2° F this morning just after midnight. The overnight low of 33.5° F occurred just moments ago and is the present temperature. Skies remain cloudy.
1/3/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.5 2.05 Cloudy, very mild weather continued in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. Temperatures remained abnove freezing the entire day and night, and the low, 32.4° F at 7:20 p.m. yesterday was followed by a high of 42.4 at the time of observation this morning. Skies are partly cloudy at this time.
1/4/2011 7:45 AM T 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.95 Light rain and sprinkles commenced late yesterday in Soldotna, and temperatures have remained mild. The high temperature yesterday was 44.4° F under cloudy skies, and the low this morning is 37.4° F which is the present temperature under cloudy skies.
1/5/2011 8:34 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.88 We had a brief, light shower shortly after noon yesterday. Skies were partly sunny also for a time during the middle of the day but were cloudy much of the rest of the day. The high temperature late yesterday afternoon was 38.0° F, and dropped to 30.1° F early this morning. It is now 34° F under mostly cloudy skies.
1/6/2011 8:27 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.84 Skies have cleared and the weather has cooled to more seasonal normals for the first time this year. The high yesterday was 33.9° F and cooled to 17.1° F this morning. The present temperature is 18° F under clear skies.
1/7/2011 8:46 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.80 Clear, colder weather is continuing in Soldotna. The high yesterday was 22.7° F and the low this morning was 5.8° F. The present temperature is 8° F under clear skies.
1/8/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.76 Clear and seasonably cold weather is continuing in Soldotna. The high yesterday was 13.2° F and the low this morning was 4.5° F. The present temperature under clear skies is 6° F.
1/9/2011 8:08 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.72 Clear, chilly weather has continued another day in Soldotna. The high yesterday was 13.4° F, and the overnight low was 5.4° F. The present temperature is 6° F under clear skies.
1/10/2011 8:32 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.68 The clear chilly trend remains unchanged in Soldotna. The high yesterday was 15.5° F under sunny skies and the overnight low under clear skies was 5.8° F which is the present temperature.
1/11/2011 8:20 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.64 Clear and cold weather is unchanged in Soldotna. The high temperature yesterday was 15.0° F, and the overnight low was 4.4° F, chilliest of the month so far. The present temperature is 5° F under clear skies.
1/12/2011 7:48 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.56 The clear cold weather remains essentially constant in Soldotna. The high yesterday was 17.2° F and dropped below zero for the first time this month to a chilly -1.2° F. The present temperature has risen to 2° F.
1/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.48 Clear skies and increased winds boosted our temperature yesterday to 25.4° F. Winds died overnight, however, and the temperature has dropped to it's coldest of the month so far at -4.1° F which is the present temperature. Skies remain clear.
1/14/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.88 Clear cold weather continues in Soldotna. The high yesterday was 16.6° F when wind increased late in the evening. The low this morning is -8.0° F under clear calm conditions which is the present temperature.
1/15/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.44 We managed 15.7° F when winds during the afternoon gave us a brief warmup. Winds died however and we dropped to -13.0° F overnight. Skies were clear yesterday and overnight, but partial cloudiness this morning has boosted our temperature to -4° F with the sun not yet up.
1/16/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.40 Sunny and cold. High 5.2° F, low -14.4° F.
1/17/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.33 Sunny and cold. High -2.6° F, low -17.2° F
1/18/2011 8:00 AM 0.03 0.5 0.05 5.0 1.36 Light snow and flurries. High 5.7° F, low -14.8° F
1/19/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.93 Sunny and cold again. High 4.5° F, low -10.2° F
1/20/2011 8:00 AM 0.11 1.3 0.11 6.0 1.39 Windy with snow mainly in the morning of the 19th. Low -5.1° F, high 14.4° F. Then, light snow after midnight which turned to freezing rain before dawn on the 20th.
1/21/2011 8:00 AM 0.16 2.5 0.16 8.0 1.50 The high the 20th was 21.6° F and the low was 13.6° F. We had moderate snow early on the morning of the 21st.
1/22/2011 8:58 AM 0.02 0.7 0.04 9.0 1.66 Light snow returned early this morning but has ended. The high yesterday peaked at 25.1° F before dropping to 20.9° F this morning. The present temperature is 24° F under cloudy skies.
1/23/2011 8:08 AM 1.68 0.0 0.00 8.0 1.76 Skies cleared late yesterday morning and remain so much of the overnight, but clouds have returned this morning. The high yesterday managed to reach 30.2° F for the warmest since January 5. The overnight low was 1.8° F but has warmed to 15° F this morning as winds have increased.
1/24/2011 8:00 AM 0.08 0.6 0.12 9.0 1.76 We had windy weather with light snow and blowing snow yesterday afternoon which turned to freezing drizzle during the evening. Melted snow total was 0.07 inch, freezing rain total was 0.01 inch. Skies became variably to partly cloudy overnight allowing temperatures to drop to an overnight low of 19.8° F after a high yesterday of 31.7° F just before midnight. The present temperature is 23° F under mostly cloudy skies.
1/25/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 1.76 We remained precipitation free and mostly cloudy during the past 24 hours, and relatively mild for January. The high temperature in the past 24 hours was early this morning at 31.8° F. The low this morning was 26.9° F. It is presently 28° F under mostly cloudy skies.
1/26/2011 8:33 AM 0.08 0.1 0.02 7.5 1.70 Light freezing rain began during the afternoon but ended late in the evening. The high temperature yesterday reached 33.3° F and dropped to 26.2° F this morning which is the present temperature. Skies are cloudy with a few breaks in the overcast to the east.
1/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.1 0.02 7.0 1.78 Light snow developed during the afternoon yesterday and ended during the evening. Skies cleared overnight allowing the temperature to drop to 14.1° F which is the current temperature, after a high yesterday afternoon of 31.3° F.
1/28/2011 8:56 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.0 1.76 Mostly sunny skies yesterday yielded to high clouds by afternoon, and clouds have increased overnight. It is mostly cloudy this morning with a present temperature of 10° F. The overnight low was 9.1° F after a high yesterday in the upper teens.
1/29/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.78 Dry weather but thickening clouds have been prevalent in Soldotna over the past 24 hours. The high temperature yesterday early evening was 20.8°, F but it rose to 23.7° F early this morning before dropping back to 16.5° F for the overnight low. The present temperature is 19° F under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
1/30/2011 7:34 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.78 Variably cloudy, seasonable weather continued in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high yesterday reached 28.9° F, cooled to 19.7° F at 5:40 a.m. then spiked, seemingly due to increased winds to 31.1° F at 6:50 p.m. It's cooled back to 25° F at this time and winds are lighter. Skies remain cloudy.
1/31/2011 8:56 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.78 Mostly cloudy skies and increased downsloping winds from the Kenai Mountains boosted us to the warmest since January 5 when we reached 36.1° F yesterday. Skies were mostly cloudy and remained so overnight, and the low temperature dropped to 28.3° F. The present temperature is 31° F under cloudy skies.
2/1/2011 8:58 AM 0.17 2.1 0.18 8.0 1.96 Snow began yesterday evening and the main snow event ended after midnight. Light mist continued overnight and snow has commenced again this morning. The high temperature yesterday peaked at 32.8° F during the afternoon before the snow began, and dropped to 28.8° F early this morning. The present temperature with light snow is 30° F.
2/2/2011 8:55 AM 0.28 4.0 0.28 11.0 2.06 Moderate snow began mid morning yesterday before tapering off late afternoon and coming to an end early in the evening. The high yesterday peaked at 33.4° F before dropping to 27.4° F overnight. The present temperatrue is 30° F and flurries have resumed.
2/3/2011 8:58 AM 0.33 5.2 0.34 14.5 2.40 I sent in a significant weather report around midnight AST last night. Moderate to heavy snow commenced in Soldotna late in the afternoon and continued until just after midnight. We received 5.0 inches by midnight and another 0.2 inches after midnight. The high temperature reached 34.0° F and cooled to 13.6° F earlier this morning as skies cleared. Skies have clouded over again, and the present temperature has risen to is 23° F.
2/4/2011 8:22 AM T T T 13.5 2.40 After morning sun, clouds increased by mid morning and we had a few snow flurries during the afternoon. The high yesterday reached 30.5° and have cooled to 9.4° F this morning, the present temperature, and skies have cleared.
2/5/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 12.5 2.40 Clear, colder weather returned to Soldotna with downright chilly temperatures this morning. After a mid afternoon secondary max temperature in the mid 20's yesterday (the max actually early a.m. yesterday of 27.9° F) we have dropped to 0.4° F, the present temperature, under clear skies.
2/6/2011 7:48 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 11.5 2.40 We had increasing high clouds yesterday which continued to increase overnight. The temperature boosted to 23.0° F yesterday afternoon but fell to a relatively mild 20.2° F overnight. It is now 21° F under cloudy skies.
2/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 11.0 2.30 Partly sunny skies with variable clouds were prevalent in Soldotna yesterday and some clouds moved in overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 25.0° F and it cooled to 10.1° F just after midnight. The present temeprature under mostly cloudy skies is 15° F.
2/8/2011 8:53 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 11.0 2.30 Clouds have lowered and temperatures have warmed dramatically overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 24.1° F, and the low this morning only 23.1° before it rose to 34° F which is the present temperature. Also, I've reconciled total snow depth, re-measured the core and melted it since my last regular report in advance of possible new snow or rain.
2/9/2011 7:00 AM T T T 10.5 2.30 A few flurries fell yesterday morning but these melted as temperatures rose to 38.4° F during the afternoon. Skies remained cloudy overnight and the temperature dropped just below freezing at 31.9° F. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 33° F.
2/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 10.0 2.34 Light rain fell mainly during the morning yesterday, and temperatures peaked at 36.3° F before dropping to 29.0° F, the present temperature. Fog also increased by late afternoon to where visibilities were at times reduced to approximately 1/4 mile. Fog remains this morning, but not as dense.
2/11/2011 8:58 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 10.0 2.35 Brief snow showers around noon yesterday diminished during the afternoon. Clouds remained until after midnight, but skies cleared partially overnight. After temperatures in the upper 20's yesterday, we dropped from 25.8° F just after midnight to the present reading of 15° F. Skies are mostly cloudy.
2/12/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.5 2.38 Skies were mainly clear Friday February 11, and it became quite cold overnight. The high Friday was 25.8° F and the low early Saturday February 12 was -11.5° F. There was substantial temperature variation nearby; in Nikiski approximately 25 miles north and on the Cook Inlet the temperature was 0° F due to moderating influences of what open water remains over the inlet.
2/13/2011 8:26 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.5 2.35 Clear, very cold weather has settled in across the Western Kenai Peninsula. We managed a relatively balmy 16.5° F yesterday before the temperature plunged to an overnight low of -14.9° F at 8 a.m. AST. The present temperature has warmed incrementally to -14° F and skies remain mostly clear.
2/14/2011 8:02 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 2.30 Increasing winds elevated temperatures during the evening after our high yesterday reached 18.2° F. Winds diminished overnight and we chilled to -5.2° F, which is the present temperature. After some high clouds yesterday and overnight, skies have cleared this morning.
2/15/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 2.30 Clear, cold weather was prevalent on the Western Kenai Peninsula yesterday and overnight. The high yesterday was 23.9° F, and dropped to -11.7° F overnight. The present temperature is -11° F under clear skies.
2/16/2011 7:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 2.30 Clear cold weather is continuing, but hints of moderation are evident. The high yesterday reached 23.4° F but dropped only to -5.6° F versus lows in the double digits below zero. High cloudiness is starting to encroach and the present temperature is -5° F under partly cloudy skies.
2/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 2.30 Temperatures are slowly moderating in Soldotna as high clouds are encroaching. The high yesterday was 26.5° F and dropped to -1.5° F overnight. The present temperature is 0° F under fair to partly cloudy skies.
2/18/2011 8:44 AM 0.08 0.6 0.07 9.5 2.37 Light snow developed overnight and ended early this morning. We received approximately 0.02 inches before midnight and 0.04 inches after midnight. Temperatures have moderated with a high yesterday of 28° F and dropped to 16.7° F overnight, which is the first above zero overnight since February 10. The present temperature is 21° F under cloudy skies.
2/19/2011 8:25 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 2.37 No additional snow fell in Soldotna yesterday. Anchorage, during this event, received substantially more snow. Soldotna's high yesterday reached 28.1° F and we dropped once again below zero to -0.3° F for the eighth sub-zero night this month. The present temperature is 0° F and skies are clear.
2/20/2011 8:10 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 2.34 Clear skies yesterday have yielded to increasing high cloudiness overnight. The high yesterday reached 27.2° F and dropped to 1.9° F overnight around 3:30 a.m. It has since warmed to 3° F under variably cloudy skies.
2/21/2011 8:49 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 2.34 After some mid-day clouds yesterday skies cleared, and temperatures were colder than the upper 20's of preceding days. The high reached 21.1° F and dropped to -5.4° F early this morning under clear skies. The present temperature is -4° F under clear skies.
2/22/2011 8:47 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 2.34 Clear weather was prevalent in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. Mid day winds, however, boosted the temperature to 30.7° F during the afternoon. The temperatures remained substantially above zero for much of the night before cooling to 0.8° F shortly before dawn. Skies remain clear and the present temperature is 4° F.
2/23/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.5 2.34 Cold clear weather continued in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. After yesterday's high of 27.5° F, we managed to drop below zero yesterday even before midnight and this morning's low of -8.3° F marks the 12th day in 13 where we have dropped below zero. Skies are mostly sunny with a few high clouds and the present temperature is -6° F.
2/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.5 2.30 High clouds have increased and temperatures have remained above zero overnight, dropping to 3.2° F after yesterday's high of 26.8° F. The present temperature is 6° F under variably cloudy skies.
2/25/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.5 2.30 Despite the forecast for snow, we have remained dry in Soldotna. Winds have increased overnight, and the temperatures have risen dramatically from a low of 20.6° F shortly after 2 a.m. to 38.3° F at 8 a.m. The present temperature is 38° F under mostly cloudy skies.
2/26/2011 8:44 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.0 2.30 Clear skies and very windy conditions were the rule in the mid Kenai Peninsula yesterday. During the late morning, I recorded a gust of 34 miles per hour which is the maximum gust I've ever recorded. In Soldotna the high slowly retreated through the 30's down to the low this morning of 10.6° F. The present temperature is 12° F.
2/27/2011 7:38 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.0 2.20 Windy dry weather continued across the Kenai Peninsula yesterday. Our high temperature reached 25.9° F before dropping to 8.0° F early this morning. The present temperature is 13° F under clear skies. Winds are still blowing with gusts to 11 m.p.h. in recent moments.
2/28/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.0 2.20 The winds finally subsided in Soldotna overnight, and we chilled to -6.1° F after yesterday's 26.3° F high. Some haze and dust was visible yesterday from the winds of the past 3 days. The 9 a.m. temperature rose to -5° F under clear skies.
3/1/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.5 2.15 Noticeably clear, colder weather at night, and warming daytime temperatures have set up shop in Soldotna now that winds have died. The high yesterday of 31.9° F and this morning's low (so far) of -5.6° F represent a marked temperature swing for a location often under marine influenced. Skies remain clear this morning.
3/2/2011 8:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.5 2.15 Another sunny, seasonable afternoon was followed by another chilly overnight in Soldotna. The high yesterday was 30.8° F and the low this morning dropped to -5.2° F. The present temperature is -5° F under clear skies.
3/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.5 2.15 Clear skies have continued in Soldotna, but overnight, we remained mild. The low was 18.6° F after a high yesterday of 31.1° F. The present temperature under clear skies is 19° F.
3/4/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.5 2.15 After a partly cloudy day, winds died late yesterday and overnight, and temperatures dropped early this morning under clear skies. Yesterday's high reached 29.7° F and dropped to 1.1° F early this morning. The present temperature is 4° F under sunny skies.
3/5/2011 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.0 2.10 Clear skies yesterday yielded to partly cloudy skies overnight. Temperatures were cooler both yesterday and overnight with the high reaching 23.8° F before dropping to -6.5° F earlier this morning. The present temperature is -3° F under partly cloudy skies.
3/6/2011 7:43 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.0 2.10 Variably cloudy skies yesterday transitioned to partly cloudy skies overnight, and temperatures were milder overnight. The high yesterday reached 26.6° F and droped to 9.8° F overnight. The present temperature under partly cloudy skies is 13° F.
3/7/2011 8:32 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 2.06 Mostly sunny skies and milder temperatures returned to Soldotna yesterday with a high temperature reaching 34.8° F. This is the warmest since we reached 38.3° F on February 25. The low overnight dropped to 10.7° F, and the present temperature under clear skies is 15° F.
3/8/2011 8:08 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 2.02 We had the warmest high yesterday since January 4, and reached 40.1° F. Skies were clear yesterday and overnight, and we bottomed out at 4.1° F under fair skies this morning. The present temperature is 5° F under scattered clouds.
3/9/2011 8:13 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.98 Clear, springlike weather in the afternoon has been followed by another clear but chilly overnight in Soldotna. We managed 37.6° F yesterday afternoon before dropping to 2.0° F this morning, which is the present temperature. Skies remain clear
3/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.98 Clear skies continued in Solodtna yesterday and overnight, and it is a little cooler. We reached 35.1° F yesterday, down from the high of 40.1° F on March 7. The present temperature is the overnight low (so far) and is -3.2° F for the first below zero overnight since March 5. Skies remain clear. The Aurora Borealis was also visible last night in Soldotna.
3/11/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.98 Continued clear, chilly weather was the rule in Soldotna yesterday. The high reached 31.8° F before dropping to -3.9° F overnight. The present temperature is 4° F under clear skies.
3/12/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.95 A sunny, seasonably mild daytime temperature and chilly overnight extended Soldotna's dry streak to 20 days. The high temperature was 34.7° F and the overnight low was -5.0° F this morning under clear skies. The present temperature is 0° F under clear skies.
3/13/2011 8:01 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.95 Clear skies continued yesterday and overnight in Soldotna. We peaked at 32.0° F and dropped to -4.0° F overnight. The present temperature under clear skies is -2° F.
3/14/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.90 Continued clear weather and a steep temperature range remained in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high yesterday was 32.1° F and we dropped to -6.8° F overnight for the coldest night since February 23. The present temperature is -1° F with some high cloudiness to the south, while skies remain clear overhead.
3/15/2011 7:57 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.85 Yesterday's high was 30.7° F under clear skies. We remained above zero overnight for the first time since March 9, dropping to 4.6° F. Skies have become partly cloudy with high thin cloudiness. The present temperature is 7° F.
3/16/2011 8:54 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.85 Variably cloudy skies invaded Soldotna yesterday but we remained dry. The high temperature was 33.3° F and dropped to 15.8° F overnight. The present temperature is 16° F under partly sunny skies. We are entering our 26th consecutive day without measurable precipitation.
3/17/2011 8:41 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 5.5 1.81 Soldotna's long stretch of precipitation free days came to an end early this morning when light snow began. The light snow is continuing presently. The high yesterday, 44.7° F was the warmest its been since October 27, 2010. Clouds overnight held our minimum to a mild 29.4° F, which is the current temperature.
3/18/2011 8:27 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 5.0 1.80 Light snow continued during the morning, and tapered to flurries and brief snow showers during the afternoon. Skies cleared briefly overnight, and a few flurries occurred again early this morning. The high yesterday was 36.1° F, and dropped to 28.5° F overnight. Skies are cloudy this morning and the present temperature is 29° F.
3/19/2011 8:07 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.70 Clearing skies late yesterday allowed the temperature to climb to 39.8° F before dropping to 13.2° F this morning. Th present temperature is 14° F under clear skies.
3/20/2011 8:06 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.0 1.65 Bright sun transitioned to high cloudiness in the west late in the day. The solar energy warmed us to 41.2° F and mostly clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to bottom out at 13.2° F overnight. Supermoon was brightly visible overnight as only high thin clouds were present. The present temperature is 14° F under partly cloudy skies.
3/21/2011 8:24 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.0 1.60 Skies were cloudy yesterday and overnight, and as a result, temperatures were relatively mild. The high yesterday was 37.5° F yesterday and dropped to 29.6° F overnight. The present temperature is 30° F under cloudy skies.
3/22/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.0 1.55 Mostly cloudy to cloudy skies continued our mild trend yesterday and overnight. We reached 39.9° F yesterday and cooled to 26.8° F overnight. Skies remain cloudy this morning with a temperature in the upper 20's.
3/23/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.5 1.50 Considerable cloudiness continued yesterday and overnight in Soldotna. The high yesterday was 43° F and the low early this morning was 30.9° F. The present temperature is 34° F under cloudy skies.
3/24/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.5 1.45 Partly cloudy skies allowed hazy sunshine to boost our temperature to 42.5° F yesterday, and clouds overnight held our temperature to a relatively mild 30.9° F. The present temperature is 31° F under cloudy skies.
3/25/2011 7:00 AM T T T 3.5 1.40 We had a trace of snow from brief flurries overnight. Skies were mstly cloudy with hazy sun yesterday. The high was 42.6° F, and patial clearing earlier this morning allowed us to drop to 25.9° F. The present temperature is 26° F under partly cloudy skies.
3/26/2011 8:55 AM 0.03 0.1 0.01 3.5 1.35 We had snow flurries and brief snow showers yesterday which totalled 0.02 inches, but which melted on contact. The high temperature was 37.2° F. This morning, the low was 30.0° F, and the cooler temperatures allowed a brief snow shower totalling 0.1 inch to stick. The present temperature is 32° F and the snow shower has tapered to flurries.
3/27/2011 8:58 AM T T T 3.0 1.30 A few snow flurries in the morning yielded to slow clearing in the afternoon. The high reached 40.9° F and the overnight low under partially clear skies was 26.6° F. The present temperature is 29° F under partly cloudy skies.
3/28/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.0 1.25 Sunny skies yesterday enabled the high to reach 42.3° F, and mostly clear skies overnight allowed us to drop to 21.3° F, the coldest overnight since March 20. The present temperature is 31° F under mostly sunny skies.
3/29/2011 8:58 AM 0.02 0.3 0.02 3.0 1.20 Skies clouded over by early fternoon, and we had brief light snow in Soldotna late yesterday afternoon. The snow ended early in the evening, and skies remiained mostly cloudy overnight. The high yesterday before clouds thickened was 40.1° F and we cooled to 30.4° F overnight. The present temperature is 34° F under mostly cloudy skies.
3/30/2011 8:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.5 1.15 Mostly sunny skies yesterday boosted our temperature to 49.6° F, warmest since Oct 20, 2010. The overnight low under partly cloudy skies was 29.3° F. Partly cloudy skies continue this morning, and the present temperature is 33° F. It has been dry, with only 0.23 inches of liquid precipitation in 55 days.
3/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.0 1.10 Bright sun enabled us to reach 50.8° F yesterday, marking the first time we have broken 50 degrees in March since October 2004. The low overnight was 31.0° F which is the present temperature. Skies are mostly cloudy this morning.
4/1/2011 8:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 2.0 1.05 We received 0.01 inches of liquid precipitation from 0.1 inch of morning snow, which later melted. The total for March, 0.09 inches, represents the driest month since I started keeping records Oct 1, 2004. We've also received only 0.24 inches in 57 days. I sent a drought impact report yesterday. The high yesterday was 39.8° F under partial sun, and dropped to 23.4° F as skies cleared during the overnight. The present temperature is 27° F and skies have clouded over.
4/2/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.0 1.05 Skies were variably cloudy during the day in Soldotna yesterday, and the high temperature reached 39.9° F. Clearing skies overnight allowed the temperature to drop to 25.9° F. Skies have clouded over this morning and the present temperature is 30° F.
4/3/2011 8:15 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.85 Icreased downsloping winds brought clouds and relatively mild temperatures to Soldotna yesterday and overnight. It remained dry, and the high reached 43.5° F. We dropped to 35.6° F overnight and remain at 36° F this morning under mostly cloudy skies.
4/4/2011 7:38 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.80 Cloudy skies have continued to keep us mild. The high in Soldotna was 44.6° F and dropped to 33.8° F overnight. The present temperature is 34° F.
4/5/2011 8:58 AM 0.24 0.7 0.06 1.5 0.80 Rain commenced late in the afternoon, and changed to snow late in the evening. Snow ended early this morning, and skies remain mostly cloudy. The high yesterday was 44.1° F and the low overnight was 31.6° F. The present temperature is 33° F.
4/6/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.70 Skies became sunny after departing clouds yesterday. The high reached 42.3° F then dropped to 24.2° F under clear skies overnight. The present temperature under sunny skies is 30° F.
4/7/2011 8:58 AM 0.12 1.1 0.12 2.0 0.85 Light snow began early this norning and is continuing. The high temperature yesterday was 38.8° F and dropped to 27.7° F overnight. The present temperature is 35° F and the snow is changing over to rain.
4/8/2011 8:58 AM 0.25 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.70 Yesterday's report coincided with the turnover from snow to rain. The rain lasted until afternoon when it tapered to showers which stopped by mid afternoon. The high yesterday reached 44.4° F and dropped to 34.5° F overnight, and skies remained mostly cloudy. The present temperature is 39° F under cloudy skies.
4/9/2011 8:27 AM T T T 1.0 0.55 Although skies were mostly sunny by afternoon yesterday, returning clouds overnight brought a brief sleet shower early this morning. The high yesterday reached 49.5° F, and the overnight low was 27.9° F. The present temperature is 31° F under partly cloudy skies.
4/10/2011 8:04 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 0.40 Sunny skies yesterday boosted us to 50.1° F for the first 50+ reading in April. There was 50.8° F on March 30th. The overnight low under partly cloudy skies was 29.1° F. The present temperature is 31° F under prtly cloudy skies.
4/11/2011 8:58 AM T T T 0.5 0.25 Occasional snow showers continued during the day, then skies became partly cloudy during the evening. The high reached 41.5° F and dropped to 29.2° F overnight. The present temperature is 33° F under cloudy skies.
4/12/2011 8:58 AM 0.02 T T 0.5 0.20 A brief snow shower moved from east to west across Soldotna early in the evening after a variably cloudy day. The snow melted on contact. Skies then cleared overnight. The high yesterday reached 42.6° F before dropping to 24.7° F overnight. The present temperature under mostly sunny skies is 33° F.
4/13/2011 8:04 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny skies and mostly clear skies overnight provided for an ample temperature range. The high yesterday reached 48.0° F and dropped to 22.2° F overnight, the coldest morning this month. The present temperature is 23° F under sunny skies. All the snow is gone.
4/14/2011 8:54 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear pleasant weather continued yesterday in Soldotna. The high yewsterday was 46.0° F and the overnight low was 23.3° F. The present temperature is 31° F under partly cloudy skies.
4/15/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Considerable cloudiness invaded oldotna from the east, but clouds diminished during the afternoon. The high temperature reached a pleasant 48.2° F and chilled to 23.0° F overnight. The present temperature is 34° F under sunny skies.
4/16/2011 7:57 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny and springlike weathrt continued yesterday in Soldotna. The 54.9° F high was the warmest since October 4,010. Clear skies overnight allowed us to chill to 25.9° F. The present temperature is 27° F under sunny skies.
4/17/2011 7:56 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear, pleasant weather continued in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high yesterday was 49.2° F and cooled to 24.3° F overnight. The present temperature is 26° F under sunny skies
4/18/2011 7:43 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear, pleasant weather continued yesterday in Soldotna, and starry skies remained overnight with a few high thin clouds. The high yesterday reached 51.9° F and the overnight low was a chilly 23.2° F. The present temperature is 25° F with some high thin cloudiness.
4/19/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear skies remained yesterday and overnight. The high was 52.7° F and dropped to 24.6° F overnight.
4/20/2011 8:23 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear skies continued in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high yesterday was 48.2° F and the overnight low was 24.5° F. The present temperature is 30° F under sunny skies.
4/21/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny weather yesterday and clear skies overnight yielded to partly cl;oudy skies this morning. The high yesterday was 48.5° yesterday and dropped to 26.9° F overnight. The present temperature is 36° F.
4/22/2011 8:43 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds have moved in, and winds have increased. Temperature extremes have diminished as a result. The high yesterday was 48.0° F and remained above freezing overnight at 35.4° F. This is the first above freezing overnight since April 4. The present temperature is 42° F under cloudy skies, and a gust earlier this morning was 17 m.p.h. in my relatively sheltered location.
4/23/2011 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Occasional light sprionkles, and much more wind has characterized weather in Soldotna yesterday. Clouds have also dimished temperature ranges. The high yesterday was 47.4° F and the low overnight was 40.0° F. The present temperature is 41° F under cloudy skies.
4/24/2011 8:18 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudiness remained, although there were some breaks in the overcast, and the wind diminished somewhat. The high temperature reached 49.7° F before cooling to 36.7° F overnight. The present temperature is 40° F under cloudy skies.
4/25/2011 8:52 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Dry weather continued yesterday and we have had no measurable precipitation since April 11. The high reached 54.1° F and the low was 35.1° F under mostly cloudy skies. The present reading is 43° F and skies are mostly cloudy.
4/26/2011 8:51 AM 0.27 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Showers developed by mid afternoon over Soldotna and the mid Kenai Peninsula, resumed during the evening, then regenerated again early this morning. This was the first rain in two weeks. The high yesterday 53.2° F and dropped to 37°.0 F overnight. The present temperature is 39° F under cloudy skies and drizzle is continuing.
4/27/2011 8:55 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Drizzle ended shortly after yesterday's report, but showers developed again during the afternoon. These diminished during the evening. Skies remained mostly clear to partly cloudy overnight, and clearing is visible to the south this morning. The high yesterday was 50.0° F and dropped to 29.8° F overnight during clearing. The present temperature is 37° F.
4/28/2011 7:47 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Despite some morning clouds, we remained dry yesterday and overnight. It was cooler, with the high topping at 48.7° F and cooling to 28.0° F overnight. The present temperature is 30° F but high clouds are increasing from the south and west.
4/29/2011 8:01 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were variably cloudy yesterday and overnight. The high yesterday was 51° F and dropped to 35.8° F overnight. The present temperature is 39° F under variably cloudy skies.
4/30/2011 7:44 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy weather with some wind helped reduce surface puddles left from earlier rains this past week. The high temperature yesterday reached 51° F and cooled to 39.6° F overnight. The present temperature is 41° F under cloudy skies.
5/1/2011 7:48 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Adfter a mostly cloudy day, showers developed during the afternoon and ended during the evening. Skies cleared overnight. The high yesterday reached only 47° F for the coolest high temperature since 46° F on April 13. The low this morning was 27.6° F, coolest since a 26.8° F low on April 21. The present temperature under sunny skies is 30° F.
5/2/2011 8:52 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies became partly cloudy during the day but cleared again overnight. The high reached 53.2° F and chilled to a numbing 24.1° F this morning. The temperature has rebounded to 39° F under mostly clear skies this morning.
5/3/2011 8:20 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies yesterday gradually yielded to high overcast conditions overnight. The high yesterday reached 52.2° F before cooling to 30.2° F this morning. The present temperature is 36° F under cloudy skies.
5/4/2011 8:58 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light showers developed yesterday afternoon and again this morning in Soldotna. The afternoon showers and drizzle lasted about 4 hours. This morning's showers lasted about two hours. The high yesterday was a chilly 46.5° F, coolest since 46.0° F on April 13. We dropped to 35.0° earlier this morning. The present temperature is 39° F with drizzle.
5/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light showers developed again during the afternoon, inland from Cook Inlet. Rainfall amounts were light and variable, generally increasing inland. Skies cleared partially overnight. The high reached 50.5° F and dropped to 27.3° F this morning. The present temperature is 31° F under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
5/6/2011 8:32 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A brief early afternoon rain shower punctuated what was otherwise a nice early spring day yesterday in Soldotna. The high surged to 55.4° F, warmest for the year so far. Skies cleared overnight and we dropped to 30.9° F. The present temperature has rebounded to 45° F under sunny skies.
5/7/2011 7:56 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Soldotna enjoyed a beautiful spring day, as the temperature soared to 57.8° F for the warmest day since Sept. 23, 2010. The low overnight was 34.0° F under clear skies, and the temperature has boosted to 43° F this morning under sunny skies.
5/8/2011 8:25 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light sprinkles fell twice, once early in the evening, and again early this morning. Skies started out mostly sunny yesterday but became cloudy by afternoon. Heavier showers occurred east of Soldotna near the Kenai Mountains toward evening. The high reached 52.6° F and cooled to 36.6° F overnight. The present temperature is 41° F under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
5/9/2011 8:42 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Soldotna had a rainy, cool Mother's Day afternooon. The high reached a rather chilly 51.4° F and dropped to 37.1° F and skies cleared partially. The present temperature under partly cloudy skies is 46° F.
5/10/2011 8:58 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were mostly sunny during the morning yesterday, but cumulus clouds developed and a brief shower occurred during the afternoon. I was not in town during the day to see when the shower occurred. Skies cleared late in the day and remained clear overnight. THe high yesterday reached 55.9° F and cooled to 28.6° F overnight. The present temperature has boosted to 48° F under sunny skies.
5/11/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear windy weather prevailed in Soldotna yesterday, and winds continued overnight. The high yesterday reached 59.1° F, warmest of the year, and the low was a fairly mild 37.2° F. The present temperature under sunny skies is 45° F.
5/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had sunny and very windy weather in Soldotna yesterday. The high temperature reached 53.8° F and cooled to 40.0° F under clear skies overnight. The present temperature is 42° F under clear skies.
5/13/2011 8:28 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We broke 60 degrees for the first time this year yesterday. Clear skies and reduced winds allowed the temperature to reach 60.4° F. Continued clear weather overnight enabled the temperature to drop to 28.6° F overnight. It has already climbed to 49° F under clear skies this morning.
5/14/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies and slightly cooler temperatures were indicative of weather in Soldotna Friday and Friday Night into Saturday. The high Friday was 58.0° F, down slightly from the year's warmest of 60.4° F Thursday. Saturday's low was 30.2 under mostly clear skies.
5/15/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds increased Saturday depressing the temperature even further, but it remained dry. The high Saturday under mostly cloudy conditions was 54.5° F. Continued clouds Saturday Night elevated temperatures somewhat, however, with the low dropping only to 38.5° F.
5/16/2011 8:58 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds Sunday thickened sufficiently to generate light rain during the afternoon, but the amount was light. The high Sunday reached a subdued 50.5° F before dropping to a mild 40.9° F overnight under clouds. The overnight low was the warmest of the month to date. The present temperature is 47° F under cloudy skies.
5/17/2011 8:29 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Although showers were visible only a few miles to the west toward Cook Inlet, only a trace of rain fell in Soldotna yesterday afternoon. Clouds kept the high temperature rather chilly, as it reached onoly 53.4° F. This mornings low under continued cloudy skies was exactly 10 degrees cooler, at 43.4° F. Clouds linger and the present temperature is 46° F.
5/18/2011 8:56 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A few sprinkles were all clouds could muster yesterday, and winds averaged higher than they had on any day since February 25, 2011. Our 24 hour average was 4.6 m.p.h. as opposed to 6.7 m.p.h. on Feb 25. The high reached 54.9° F and the low this morning was 39.9° F. The present temperature under mostly cloudy skies is 48° F, and winds have subsided somewhat.
5/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A little more sun helped boost temperatures slightly yesterday, and the high reached 56.6° F. The clouds thickened by afternoon and remained overnight. The low early this morning was 43.3° F, and the present temperature under cloudy skies is 45° F.
5/20/2011 8:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A bit more sun early and late, with mid day clouds boosted us to 59.9° F, and the temperature dropped to 42.5° F overnight under partial clearing. The present temperature under partly cloudy skies is 49° F.
5/21/2011 8:48 AM 0.07 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Early afternoon showers passed through relatively quickly, adding to our somewhat meager monthly precipitation total. We have received 0.28 inches of precipitation two thirds of the way through May, and the average for the entire month is 0.61 inches. The high yesterday reached 56.6° F and as skies cleared late in the day and overnight, chilled to 33.9° F. The present temperature is 51° F under sunny skies.
5/22/2011 8:07 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Bright sunny skies yesterday boosted our temperature to the highest of the year so far at 61.8° F. Clear skies overnight dropped the low to 34.9° until clouds moved in. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 41° F.
5/23/2011 8:49 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A few intermittent raindrops were all clouds could muster yesterday. The high temperature reached 60.5° F and cooled to 43.3° F under variably cloudy skies. Winds have increased this morning and the temperature under cloudy skies this morning is 50° F.
5/24/2011 8:42 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies yesterday boosted us to 62.8° F for the warmest day of the year so far. Clear skies overnight enabled the temperature to drop to 33.3° F for the coolest overnight since May 14. The present temperature has skyrocketed to 53° F in just 3 hours under sunny skies.
5/25/2011 7:07 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies early yielded to high clouds later in the afternoon, and cooling winds. Earlier, the high temperature reached 62.4° F. Overnight, the temperature cooled to a chilly 32.1° F under mostly clear skies. The present temperature is 39° F under mostly sunny skies.
5/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Yesterday's high temperature of 63.9° F was the highest of the year so far. Skies were mostly sunny, with some high clouds in the west mainly towards evening. Overnight we cooled to 38.5° F under partly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 44° F under partly cloudy skies.
5/27/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We soared to 71.4° F yesterday under partly sunny skies for the highest reading since August 25, 2010. Partly cloudy skies continued overnight, and the low dropped to a mild 46° F for the warmest overnight of the season. The present temperature is 54° F under partly cloudy skies.
5/28/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny weather on Friday the 27th was accompanied by cooler weather with the high exactly 10° F cooler than the 71.4° F on Thursday the 26th. The overnight low Friday night was 46.4° F even warmer than the Thursday night 46.0° F low.
5/29/2011 8:08 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy skies Saturday brought a few sprinkles during the afternoon and light showers overnight. The high was 56.4° F and dropped to 43.3° F overnight. The present temperature is 46° F under cloudy skies. A few sprinkles continued this morning at the time of my observation.
5/30/2011 8:47 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Bbrief morning showers resumed after the morning observation, then diminished. Sunny weather during the afternoon boosted our temperature to 61.6° F. Clear skies overnight allowed us to drop to 39.2° F. The temperature has already boosted to 58° F this morning under bright sunny skies.
5/31/2011 8:19 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Beautiful weather and sunny skies bathed Soldotna yesterday, then high clouds encroached late. The high reached 65.0° F then cooled to 39.4° F under high clouds overnight. Clouds have thickened this morning and the present temperature is 51° F.
6/1/2011 8:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A light evening shower between 8:20 p.m. and 8:50 P.M. brought our May total to 0.32 inches, driest in the past seven Mays. Prior dry Mays were May '08, 0.36 inches, May '10, 0.37 inches and May '06, 0.41 inches. Climatologically, May is our driest month. Light showers resumed this morning and are continuing. Yesterday's high was a coolish 55.1° F for the coolest since May 17, and this mornings low was 48.4° F under cloudy skies. Present temperature is 50° F with light rain continuing.
6/2/2011 8:58 AM 0.11 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain much of the day yesterday kept our temperatures cool, and added needed moisture to at least the surface soil layer. The high reached only 53.0° F before dropping to a relatively mild 45.7° F under cloudy skies overnight. Skies cleared early this morning, and the present temperature is already 54° F under sunny skies
6/3/2011 8:39 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny, bright skies returned to Soldotna yesterday after a rainy June 1. Clouds returned again early this morning. The high yesterday reached 61.5° F then cooled to 38.6° early this morning. The present temperature is 44° under cloudy skies.
6/4/2011 8:00 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain Saturday afternoon stopped during the evening dropping 0.02 inches of rain between around 2 p.m until around 5 p.m. After midnight, showers then passed through Soldotna, dropping an additional 0.06 inches of rain starting around 2 a.m. and ending around 4:15 a.m.
6/5/2011 7:54 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Showers early yesterday continued until early evening and dropped 0.09 inches of rain. Then, another light shower early this morning dropped another 0.01 inch between about 5 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. The high temperature yesterday reached only 53.0° F and cooled to 42.7° F overnight. The present temperature is 46° F under mostly cloudy skies and a few sprinkles.
6/6/2011 8:28 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkles continued during the morning, followed by light showers which ended early yesterday afternoon. The sun appeared by mid afternoon. The high temperature reached 54.1° F then dropped to a very chilly 33.3° F overnight under clear skies. This the the chilliest June reading starting with at least June 2005. The present temperature is 47° F under clear skies.
6/7/2011 8:14 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Soldotna progressed from bright sun much of yesterday to clouds by late afternoon and rain early this morning. The high temperature reached 63.4° F late in the afternoon, and dropped to 43.7° F overnight. The present temperature is 46° F with light rain continuing.
6/8/2011 7:44 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning drizzle ended about a half hour after yesterday's observation, and the sun came out by mid day. The high reached 59.7° F before dropping to 39.4° overnight under clear skies. The present temperature is 48° F under sunny skies.
6/9/2011 8:55 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies started mostly sunny yesterday but clouds increased with daytime heating. We had a brief light shower late in the afternoon, then skies cleared. There was also a brief sprinkle overnight before a return to clear skies. The high yesterday was 61.6° F and the overnight low was 42.7° F. The present temperature is 53° F under sunny skies.
6/10/2011 8:27 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy skies kept the high temperature below 60° F and brought mid day sprinkles, then late evening sprinkles. The high reached 59.1° F and the overnight low was 43.0° F. The present temperature is 47° F under cloudy skies.
6/11/2011 8:42 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Showers during the afternoon dropped 0.05 inch of rain, and another shower between about 4:10 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. dropped 0.01 inch. Temperatures remained rather chilly, with the high reaching 59.5° F and cooling to 42.2° F overnight. The present temperature is 48° F under clooudy skies.
6/12/2011 8:25 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Aside from keeping the high below 60° F once again, the clouds yesterday produced a few sprinkles. The high was 59.1° F and dropped to 43.0° F overnight. The present temperature is 49° F with filtered sunshine through a high thin overcast.
6/13/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies yesterday were partly cloudy, with sufficient clearing to allow the temperature to exceed 60° F as Soldotna peaked at 62.9° F. Clouds returned overnight and the temperature bottomed out at 43.2° F. Skies remain cloudy this morning and the present temperature is 49° F.
6/14/2011 8:33 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Filtered sunshine yesterday yielded to clouds by late day which remained overnight. Early this morning, light rain commenced and is continuing. The high yesterday was 55.8° F and cooled to 42.6° F overnight. The present temperature is 50° F.
6/15/2011 8:58 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We picked up 0.11 inches of rain yesterday morning and early afternoon. Skies cleared partially during the afternoon, but clouds returned overnight. Another 0.02 inch rain interval occurred from about 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. this morning. The high yesterday was 57.6° F and the overnight low was 40.8° F. The present temperature is 47° F under cloudy skies.
6/16/2011 8:55 AM 0.31 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain showers were occasionally heavy but brief yesterday. This was the greatest single day rainfall since 0.37 inches on April 7. Associated clouds kept temperatures cool with the high reaching only 53.5° F. The overnight low under cloudy skies was a relaitvely mild 44.4° F. There are breaks in the overcast this morning and the temperature is 47° F.
6/17/2011 8:18 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mid day clouds generated a sprinkle, then skies cleared later in the afternoon. The high exceeded 60° F for the first time since June 8, and we peaked at 60.8° F. Clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to bottom out at 37.6° F, second coolest of the month. The present temperature has already boosted to 53° F under clear skies.
6/18/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 No rain on this day
6/19/2011 8:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Showers began in the morning shortly before the morning observation.
6/20/2011 8:00 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Short, brief and heavy showers occurred early in the afternoon before clearing later in the day.
6/21/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 No precipitation occurred on this day
6/22/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 No precipitation fell on this day
6/23/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 No precipitation fell on this day
6/24/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 No precipitation fell on this day.
6/25/2011 8:00 AM 0.16 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Showers fell before the morning observation on Saturday June 25. Measurable rain ended before the morning observation.
6/26/2011 8:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had light rain early this morning. The low temperature this morning was 48.4° F. After some sun this morning, clouds have increased.
6/27/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Although clouds yesterday allowed only a scattered sun break now and then, the temperature reached 68.9° F for the warmest of the month. Clouds overnight kept the low temperature elevated to 49.8° F. It remains cloudy this morning and the present temperature is 51° F.
6/28/2011 8:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 There were a few mid morning sprinkles but variably cloudy skies were unable to generate measurable precipitation yesterday. The high reached 58.1° F and dropped to 48.4° F overnight. The present temperature is 53° F under mostly cloudy skies.
6/29/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Bright sunshine returned during the afternoon after a mostly cloudy morning. The high reached 61.2° F and dropped to 43.2° F before clouds moved in from the south and west. The present temperature is 52° F under cloudy skies.
6/30/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies boosted yesterday's high temperature to 66.3° F and mostly clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to drop nearly 20° to 46.7° F. The present temperature has already boosted to 57° F under partly cloudy skies.
7/1/2011 8:44 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny skies yesterday and mild temperatures were underscored with a high of 63.3° F. Skies were variably cloudy overnight and the low was 48.8° F. The present temperature is 53° F with mostly cloudy skies.
7/2/2011 8:42 AM 0.14 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a mostly sunny day, clouds moved in from the east during the late afternoon and evening and rain began early this morning. The high peaked at 63.4° F yesterday and cooled to 49.9° F this morning. The present temperature is 51° F with rain.
7/3/2011 8:10 AM 0.29 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Abundant rain yesterday was the most 24 hour total since February 2, 2011. The high was held down to 57.5° F from clouds and rain, while clearing skies overnight allowed us to drop to 42.8° F. The present temperature is 51° F under mostly sunny skies.
7/4/2011 8:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were mostly sunny all day in the mid Kenai Peninsula, and the temperature peaked at 63.4° F. Mostly clear skies allowed us to drop to 42.9° F overnight. The temperature has already rebounded to 57° F under sunny skies this morning.
7/5/2011 7:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Nice weather blessed our July 4th cul-de-sac community celebration despite dark clouds to the east over the Kenai Mountains. The sun remained all day, hardly deterred by some late afternoon passing clouds and the overnight was clear. The high reached 63.6° F and dropped to 42.1° F. The present temperature is 50° F unde sunny skies.
7/6/2011 8:28 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Bright sun generated enough heat for large CB development over the Kenai Mountains before daytime heat dissipated with the setting sun. We remained sunny but failed to reach 70 as the high reached 69.9° F. Clear skies overnight allowed us to chill to 43.0° F. The present temperature has boosted to 55° F under bright sun.
7/7/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny skies repeated yesterday, but cool onshore winds held the high temperature to a full 10 degrees lower than the day before. We topped out at 59.9° F before dropping to 45.0° F this morning. Skiwes are partly cloudy this morning and the present temperature is 56° F.
7/8/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies transitioned from filtered sunshine to overcast by late afternoon, but rainfall was absent. The high reached 62.3° F and cooled to 46.7° F under mostly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 55° F under mostly cloudy skies.
7/9/2011 8:28 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds generated a few late evening sprinkles following a day with more clouds than sun. The sun did make enough of an appearance to boost the temperature to 61.2° F. Cloudy skies ovwernight held the temperature to a moderate 46.1° F. Clouds remain this morning with a present temperature of 51° F.
7/10/2011 7:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy skies coalesced to the point of producing light sprinkles shortly after noon, and held the high temperature to 62.1° F. Clouds remained overnight and kept the temperature to the warmest overnight minimum of the month so far with a low of 49.2° F. The present temperature is 53° F under cloudy skies.
7/11/2011 8:58 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds congealed enough to drop measurable precipitation just before midnight July 10 for the first time since July 2. Overcast skies held the high temperature to 62.7° F and helped elevate the overnight low to the maximum minimum this month of 49.8° F. The present temperature is 55° F under cloudy skies.
7/12/2011 8:58 AM 0.24 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Nearly continuous light rain as fallen since late yesterday afternoon. 0.05 inches fell early in the evening, then after a late evening lull, rain continued overnight since just before midnight until shortly after dawn. Clouds held the high yesterday to 62.9° F, and clouds and rain elevated the minimum to a very mild 53.6° F for the warmest overnight of the year to date. Drizzle continues and the present temperature is 55° F.
7/13/2011 8:58 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning drizzle yesterday culminated in brief showers before skies cleared in the afternoon. The high temperature reached a robust 65.8° F after the sun came out. Mostly clear to partly cloudy skies overnight allowed enough heat to escape to drop the overnight low to 44.1° F. The present temperature is 55° F under cloudy skies.
7/14/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Although skies were cloudy much of the day the late afternoon and evening temperatures were relatively balmy, and cooler late afternoon seemed less. The high temperature reached 64.5° F and dropped to 49.4° F under variable cloudiness. The present temperature is 57° F with breaks in the overcast.
7/15/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After morning altocumulus dissipated, bright sunshine helped shove the high temperature to a year high of 72.0° F. This is the first time we exceeded 70 in seven weeks, the last being 71.4° F on Thursday May 26, 2011. The overnight low was 47.1° F under mostly clear skies. Some high thin cloudiness is encroaching this morning from the south and west, and the present temperature is 59° F under mostly sunny skies.
7/16/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Friday was the warmest day of the year so far with 72.6° F under sunny skies. Clouds increased late in the afternoon, but no rain fell, and skies cleared again overnight. The overnight low was 46.2 under mostly clear skies.
7/17/2011 7:09 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies and a cluster of mid day cumulus characterized the 3rd day in a row we exceeded 70° F. We peaked at 71.3° F and dropped to a fairly mild 47.6° F. Clouds have increased this morning and the present temperature has warmed to 50° F.
7/18/2011 8:05 AM 0.28 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light showers just after noon were followed by copious late afternoon and early evening showers. These fell not too far short of qualifying for a significant weather event as 0.21 inches fell in one hour, with 0.20 inches of that in about 45 minutes. The clouds held the high temperature to 58.0° F, which dropped to 47.7° F as skies cleared overnight. The present temperature is 54° F under sunny skies.
7/19/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Bright sun returned yesterday, pushing the temperature to 66.6° F. We dropped to 46.5° F overnight under mostly clear skies. It is presently sunny and the temperature has already soared to 60° F.
7/20/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies yesterday boosted the temperature to 69.7° F, just under the coveted 70° F degree mark. Mostly clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to cool to a surprisingly chilly 40.9° F for the coolest night of the month! The present temperature has rebounded to 65° F and high clouds have moved in allowing for filtered sunshine.
7/21/2011 8:58 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Soldotna peaked at 74.4° F under bright sun yesterday for the warmest day of the year to date. Clouds moved in late and sprinkles commenced just before midnight. Showers then developed just before dawn, then ended after sunrise. The overnight low was 50.8 for the warmest overnight low of the month to date. The temperature is presently 53° F under cloudy skies.
7/22/2011 8:32 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Pleasant temperatures and partly cloudy mid day skies greeted Soldotna on Thursday afternoon with the high reaching 67.3° F. The overnight low cooled to 50.8° F under partly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 60° F under mostly sunny skies.
7/23/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies boosted Soldotna's high temperature to a very summerlike 72.9° F. Overnight, the temperature dropped only to 52.6° F for the warmest overnight of the month, and summer to date. Clouds are increasing this morning with a present temperature of 64° F.
7/24/2011 8:32 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Yesterday progressed from partial sun to clouds, then sprinkles by noon and showers by late afternoon. The high reached 63.6° F. Showers ended before midnight, and clouds overnight held the low to a mild 52.5° F. Clouds have prevented much heating this morning as the present temperatire os 53° F.
7/25/2011 8:58 AM 0.19 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thick clouds not only generated mid-morning to late afternoon rain showers totalling 0.14 inches, but held the high temperature to a coolish 55.3° F. More light showers occurred from 5 a.m. until 6:20 a.m. dropping 0.05 inches. The low dropped to 48.3° F. Very light sprinkles are presently occurring under cloudy skies and the present temperature is 51° F.
7/26/2011 8:58 AM 0.19 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Showers resumed yesterday morning within a few minutes of sending my daily data, peaked by just after noon, then diminshed by late afternoon. Late afternoon sunshine then enabled us to climb over 60° F as we peaked at 60.7° F. Overnight, skies clouded over with the low dropping to 49.5° F. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 55° F.
7/27/2011 8:00 AM 0.21 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 It was warm yesterday most of the day under partly sunny intervals, but clouds brought showers by late afternoon. Another round of showers concluded before late evening. The high reached 67.3° F, and cooled to 48.2° F after the rains. Fog has developed this morning and the present temperature is 50° F.
7/28/2011 8:56 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Late afternoon showers once again developed inland and moved westward across the Soldotna area towards Cook Inlet. The high reached 68° F as skies were partly sunny before and after the showers. The overnight low dropped to 45.6° F, lowest since July 13. The present temperature is 59° F under sunny skies.
7/29/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Despite heavy showers in Cooper Landing, in the Kenai Mountains approximately 50 miles east, Soldotna remained dry yesterday. The high peaked at 66.8° F under partly cloudy skies before dropping to 44.6° F under clear skies overnight. The present temperature is 57° F under sunny skies.
7/30/2011 8:14 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Beatiful sun yesterday helped warm the afternoon with the high reaching 69.7° F. Skies clouded up early this morning with the low cooling to just 52.9° F for the warmest overnight of the summer, and year. The present temperature is 58° F under cloudy skies.
7/31/2011 8:11 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies yesterday boosted the high temperature to 69.5° F. Variably cloudy skies overnight cleared toward morning enabling the low to drop to 46.3° F. The present temperature is 57° F under mostly sunny skies.
8/1/2011 8:55 AM 0.24 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a partly sunny, warm and muggy day, showers arrived during the evening, totalling 0.08 inches before midnight. Another 0.16 inches fell in showers after midnight. The high yesterday was 66.9° F and the overnight low was 51.6° F. The present temperature is 54° F under cloudy skies.
8/2/2011 8:00 AM 0.35 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy skies and occasional sprinkles yesterday yielded to rain beginning early this morning. Yesterday's high reached a rather sultry 66.7° F. Clouds with rain held the low temperature to a balmy 53.6° F overnight, the warmest overnight of the year to date. The present temperature is 55° F with rain.
8/3/2011 8:58 AM 0.52 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain continued yesterday following my morning report and ended at 9:05 p.m. During this period, we picked up 0.28 inches of rain. This morning, rain resumed at 2:55 a.m. and is continuing. The high yesterday reached 60.1° F before dropping to 52.9° F. The present temperature is 54° F with rain.
8/4/2011 7:54 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain yesterday morning transitioned into showers which concluded early in the afternoon. The high reached 64.3° F as skies cleared, and dropped to 48.5° F early this morning. The present temperature is 51° F and skies are clouding over with the likelihood of more rain later today.
8/5/2011 8:48 AM 0.31 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Showers developed around noon, and a steady rain continued well into the evening. Following a dry interlude, showers developed again early this morning. Clouds and rain yesterday held the daytime high to 58.7° F. Skies cleared after sunrise this morning, allowing the temperature to drop to 47.3° F at 7 a.m. The present temperature is 49° F unders sunny skies.
8/6/2011 8:03 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny weather during the day and a mostly clear overnight temporarily ended the parade of rainy days in Soldotna. The high reached 62° F before dropping to a relatively chilly 42.2° F overnight. The present temperature is 46° F and high clouds have returned since sunrise.
8/7/2011 8:00 AM 0.53 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain began in the afternoon and before midnight, 0.46 inches had fallen. After midnight, an additional 0.07 inches fell. Clouds and rain held the high yesterday to 55.6° F. Skies cleared earlier this morning, although the low was just after midnight before additional showers at 47.6° F. The present temperature under sunny skies is 50° F.
8/8/2011 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds have increased overnight after bright sun yesterday, and we had a trace of precipitation this morning. The high yesterday was 62.6° F, and cooled to 43.4° F overnight. The present temperature is 52° F under cloudy skies.
8/9/2011 8:58 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds yesterday held the high temperature to 58.0° F, but precipitation was held to a trace. After midnight, however showers developed, and the overnight temperature dropped to 47.1° F. These showers ended before dawn, and there are breaks in the overcast this morning with a present temperature of 50° F.
8/10/2011 8:33 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies gradually became more sunny yesterday as the day progressed. The high reached 59.4° F and dropped to 45.0° F under mostly fair skies. The present temperature is 49° F under partly cloudy skies.
8/11/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cottony cumulus clouds provided a scenic backdrop as the high temperature reached 67.2° F for the warmest day of the month to date. Clear skies despite a few passing high clouds allowed the temperature to cool to a surprisingly chilly 38.2° F. This was the coolest August overnight since a 37.5° on August 21, 2009. The present temperature has skyrocketed to 59° F under bright sunny skies.
8/12/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Bright skies contributed to a month high reading of 71.3° F yesterday. Mostly clear skies overnight witnessed a temperature drop to 43.0° F. It is mostly sunny today, and the presetn temperature is 68° F (although it is slightly after noon).
8/13/2011 8:58 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a sunny morning yesterday, clouds moved in, thickened overnight and light rain has commenced this morning within the past half hour. The high reached 68.9° F but cooled overnight only to 52.5° F under clouds. The present temperature is 54° F with rain.
8/14/2011 8:08 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain continued until late morning yesterday, then skies remained cloudy during the afternoon and overnight. The high temperature yesterday managed to reach 60.3° F then dropped to 48.5° F under mostly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 51° F under mid level clouds.
8/15/2011 8:13 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mid day showers from 10:30 a.m. until 12:40 p.m. yesterday contributed 0.05 inches of rain. Skies were variably cloudy in the afternoon but more showers passed through Soldotna early this morning, dropping 0.08 inches. The high temperature yesterday was 64.2° F and the overnight low was 49.2° F. The present temperature under mostly cloudy skies is 51° F.
8/16/2011 8:33 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Following initial cloudiness, sunny skies much of the day boosted the temperature to 66.7° F. By late afternoon, however, cumulus development yielded early evening sprinkles before skies gradually cleared overnight. The low dropped to 43.9° and has alresdy boosted to 54° F under sunny skies.
8/17/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny skies in Soldotna boosted the temperature to the highest for the month to date, as we peaked at 72.6° F. Although no thunderstorm development has occurred in Soldotna this summer so far, spectacular afternoon and early evening CB development was visible in the vicinity of the Chugach Mountains and near the Matanuska-Susitna Valleys 80-100 miles north. Mostly clear skies continued in Soldotna overnight, and the low was 45.7° F. The present temperature is 54° F under partly cloudy skies.
8/18/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Variably cloudy skies prevented temperatures from reaching the 70's as we topped at 64.1° F in Soldotna. Partly cloudy skies overnight elevated temperatures somewhat with the low dropping to 47.9° F. The present temperature is 56° F under mostly cloudy skies.
8/19/2011 8:58 AM 0.27 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain commenced early in the afternoon yesterday, increased through early evening, then stopped just before midnight. Rain began again this at 6 a.m. this morning and is continuing. The high yesterday reached 61.8° F and cooled to 51.0° F overnight. The present temprature remains at 51° F.
8/20/2011 8:55 AM 0.74 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain continued yesterday until 6:00 p.m. during which time 0.69 inches of rain fell. Showers starting at 7:15 a.m. this morning dropped another 0.05 inches and are continuing at this time. The temperature range was extremely minimal with the high yesterday reaching 54.4° F and dropping only to 51.7° F overnight. The present temperature is 53° F.
8/21/2011 8:34 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain gradually tapered off during the morning but clouds and sprinkles remained during the afternoon. Skies developed breaks in the overcast overnight, and are mostly cloudy this morning. The high yesterday reached 61.7° F and cooled to 50.0° F overnight. The present temperature is 53° F.
8/22/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a variably cloudy morning and early afternoon skies cleared sufficiently to allow some ground heating in an otherwise moist airmass. Dramatic large Cumulus and Cumulonimbus clouds near the Kenai Mountains. Solodtna remained dry and the high reached 63.3° F. The low dropped to 50.0° F under variably cloudy skies and the present temperature is 53° F under cloudy skies.
8/23/2011 7:55 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain showers last night and rain around dawn this morning has vaulted Soldotna into 3rd place with the 3rd wettest month since October 1, 2004. We've received 3.30 inches since August 1, 2011 with over a week to go. The wettest month was September 2005 with a phenomenal 6.35 inches and the second wettest was August 2006 with 5.31 inches. Yesterdays high reached 61.7° F under mostly cloudy skies before light showers between 8:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. The overnight low was 47.9° F and light rain again developed starting at 3:00 a.m. until 7:10 a.m. The present temperature is 48° F with drizzle.
8/24/2011 8:50 AM 0.20 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning rain gradually diminished to showers, which became more sporadic and finally ended by late evening. The high temperature reached 54.3° F then dropped to 46.8° F under mostly cloudy skies. Skies have become partly cloudy and the present temperature is 49° F
8/25/2011 8:58 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds increased throughout the day and ceilings lowered, with light showers early this morning. The high temperature held to 59.0° F. The overnight low was 48.5° F and is presently 53° F under clouds.
8/26/2011 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a trace of rain during afternoon sprinkles and skies remained cloudy. The high temperature reached 59.9° F and cooled to 49.0° F overnight and skies remained cloudy until this morning. We have mostly sunny skies presently and the temperature is 60° F.
8/27/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies boosted our high temperature to 67.2° F and we cooled to 42.9° F under mostly clear skies for the chilliest overnight since August 11. We are presently at 50° F and skies have clouded over.
8/28/2011 8:58 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds much of yesterday produced mid morning sprinkles, then light mid-afternoon showers which cleared toward evening. The high reached 62.6° F yesterday, but cooled to 37.2° F overnight for the coolest temperature of the month. The present temperature is 53° F under sunny skies.
8/29/2011 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A sunny day yesterday and clear skies overnight enabled a substantial temperature range. The high yesterday reached 66.1° F and dropped to 39.3° F overnight. The present 9 a.m. temperature this morning was 46° F under clear skies.
8/30/2011 8:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkles and very light rain commenced at 7:45 a.m., but presently has dropped only a trace of precipitation. The high yesterday was 64.8° F under sunny skies, but clouds increased late in the day. The overnight low was 49.2° F under cloudy skies, and is 50° F presently with drizzle.
8/31/2011 8:54 AM 0.78 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After flirting with light sprinkles and drizzle, rain showers commenced in earnest with late afternoon rain showers beginning at 3:55 p.m. These showers ended about 11:45 p.m., and by midnight we received 0.18 inches of rain. Rain commenced again at 1:20 a.m. this morning and is continuing, dropping 0.60 inches. Temperatures ranged from a high of 57.0° F yesterday to a low of 49.4° F this morning. The present temeprature is 50° F with rain.
9/1/2011 8:20 AM 0.67 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 I sent a signficant weather report on this rain event yesterday afternoon. Moderate steady rain continued throughout much of the day, culminating in a heavy early evening shower before skies cleared overnight. The daily total of 1.27 inches is the second wettest 'all rain' event following 1.56 inches on Sep 9, 2005. There was a 1.32 inch precipitation event on Dec 1, 2009, 0.93 inches of which were 4.4 inches of melted snow and 0.39 inches rain. The high yesterday was held to 53.7° F before cooling to 44.2° F overnight. The present temperature is 46° F under mostly sunny skies.
9/2/2011 8:51 AM 0.15 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a sunny, completely dry Sep 1, late day encroaching clouds lowered overnight, and rain has commenced again this morning. The high yesterday rached 62.2° F and cooled to 46.1° F overnight. The present temperature is 50° F with cloudy skies, and rain has temporarily stopped.
9/3/2011 8:58 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Only light drizzle concluded yesterday afternoon after my report, but it was enough to generate an additional 0.01 inch. Relatively strong winds mixed the air enough to warm us to 60.7° F during the afternoon, but as skies cleared overnight, the temperature dropped to a low of 42.7° F. Skies have clouded over again this morning, however and the present temperature is 47° F.
9/4/2011 8:37 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy skies yesterday yielded occasional sprinkles, but light showers developed early this morning. The high temperature yesterday reached 59.0° F and dropped to 46.9° F overnight. The present temperature is 48° F under cloudy skies.
9/5/2011 8:34 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light showers around noon diminished by around 2 p.m. and skies remained mostly cloudy. The high temperature reached 58.2° F before cooling to 46.9° F overnight under cloudy skies. The present temperature is 51° F under cloudy skies.
9/6/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Despite cloudy skies no rain fell as Soldotna remained in a rain shadow from strong southeasterly winds blowing over the Kenai Mountains. Several trees fell in the local area due to wet soils and gusts compromising already weakened trees. My maximum gust was 25 m.p.h. and I am relatively sheltered. The high reached 58.1° F and dropped only to 52.4° F due to continued atmospheric mixing overnight. The present temperature is 54° F under cloudy skies. Winds are somewhat reduced this morning.
9/7/2011 8:44 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Winds have finally diminished and light rain associated with a slowly diminishing but persistent low pressure area moving west of the Prince William Sound began earlier this morning. The high yesterday was 60.0° F and the overnight low was 50.0° F. The present temperature with light rain is 51° F.
9/8/2011 8:00 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain continued during the morning but gradually diminished by 1 p.m. yesterday. Light showers occurred again this morning from about 5:20 a.m. until 7:20 a.m. The high yesterday reached 56.8° F and dropped to 43.9° F overnight. THe present temperature is 47° F under cloudy skies
9/9/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Despite a threat of showers late in the afternoon and early evening, Soldotna remained dry, and the sun came out for the first time since September 1. The high reached 62.8° F and then cooled to 41.1° F for the coolest morning of the month so far. The present temperature is 43°F under mostly clear skies.
9/10/2011 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were partly sunny Friday Sep 9 in Soldotna. Although showers were as close as Sterling about 10 miles east, Soldotna remained dry. The high Friday was 59.7° F and the overnight low Saturday Morning Sep 10 was 40.1° F.
9/11/2011 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Variably cloudy skies prevailed in Soldotna but weather remained dry. Light showers did occur in portions of Turnagain Arm approximately 80 miles northeast of Soldotna, but Soldotna remained dry. The high temperature Saturday Sep 10 reached 59.0° F before dropping to a very chilly 35.2° F early Sunday Sep 11 as skies cleared overnight. This is the coolest temperature of the summer as fall encroaches.
9/12/2011 8:30 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a beautiful sunny day Sunday Sep 11, skies clouded over during the evening, and rain commenced shortly after midnight. The high Sunday reached 59.5° F and cooled to 47.7° F early this morning. The present temperature is 49° F under cloudy skies.
9/13/2011 8:58 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Showers resumed yesterday morning shortly after my morning report, and diminished through the afternoon and evening to sprinkles by midnight. The high yesterday was held to 55.2° F under cloudy skies then dropped to just 51.0° F overnight under mostly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 55° F as we have had a splash of morning sun under mostly cloudy skies.
9/14/2011 8:58 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Amidst variably cloudy skies and intervals of sun yesterday, we had a light late afternoon shower between which dropped 0.01 between 3:50 p.m. and 4:05 p.m., then light showers again which dropped 0.02 inches early this morning. The high yesterday was 62.8° F and dropped to 42.1° F this morning. The present temprature is 46° F under mostly sunny skies.
9/15/2011 8:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Passing clouds were less numerous yesterday and the more abundant sunshine enabled Soldotna to stay dry. The high temperature yesterday reached 60.4° F and dropped to 42.3° F overnight. Clouds increased after midnight and the present temperature is 52° F under cloudy skies. Winds are increased this morning also.
9/16/2011 8:08 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Increased cloudiness and more breezy conditions occurred during the day, and light showers developed early this morning. Winds diminished overnight. The high yesterday was 54.7° F and dropped to 41.0° F overnight. The present temperature is 43° F under cloudy skies.
9/17/2011 8:00 AM 0.14 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds and intervals of light rain totalling 0.13 inch were prevalent in Soldotna yesterday and another 0.01 inch fell in a light shower from about 2:45 a.m. to 3:15 a.m. this morning. The high yesterday was 50.9° F and dropped to 40.5° F. The present temperature is 41° F under mostly cloudy skies.
9/18/2011 8:20 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Although Soldotna received only a trace, large cumulonimbus development by late afternoon enabled spotty showers with substantially greater amounts nearby. Our high reached 57.3° F and cooled to a chilly 35.3° F overnight. Skies were partly cloudy overnight, and remain so this morning with a present temperature of 37° F.
9/19/2011 7:40 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Transiting cumulonimbus once again passed by, providing Soldotna with a light shower late in the afternoon. Skies cleared somewhat overnight, then clouded over toward morning. The high yesterday reached 59.7° F before cooling to 37.6° F overnight before clouds increased. The present temperature is 45° F under cloudy skies.
9/20/2011 7:27 AM 0.27 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Brief light rain occurred between 6:50 p.m. and 7:05 p.m. after a cloudy windy day, giving us only 0.01 inch. Heavier rain occurred early this morning, dropping 0.26 inch. The high reached 52.2° F then dropped to 42.2° F this morning which is the present temperature. Therer are partial breaks in the overcast this morning.
9/21/2011 8:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Variably cloudy skies in the morning became cloudy in the afternoon, and a trace of rain fell from clouds early this morning. The high reached 53.9° F and cooled to 45.6° F overnight. The present temperature is 46° F under cloudy skies.
9/22/2011 7:35 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Variably cloudy skies yesterday morning became cloudy by mid afternoon and remained so overnight. Early this morning we had a light shower. The high yesterday was 59.9° F and cooled to 44.0° F (so far), which is the present temperature under partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies.
9/23/2011 8:00 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had light brief late afternoon showers then skies became partly cloudy overnight. The high reached 59.0° F then cooled to 33.7° F which is the present temperature under partly cloudy skies. This is also the coolest temperature of the autumn season; fitting since this is the first day of fall.
9/24/2011 8:41 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny skies with intervals of passing altocumulus allowed the temeprature to reach a pleasant 59.0° F. The overnight low was 37.1° F at 8:00 a.m. and skies clouded over early this morning. The present temperature is 38° F under mostly cloudy skies.
9/25/2011 7:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cumulus clouds built up into isolated CBs, and we had a trace from a light late afternoon sprinkle. Skies became partly cloudy over night. The high yesterday reached 57.3° f then cooled to 35.0° F which is the present temperature under partly cloudy skies.
9/26/2011 7:23 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny skies yesterday boosted the high temperature to 58.2° F. Mostly clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to drop below freezing for the first time this autumn when we dropped to 31.8° F at 6:10 a.m. The temperature has risen to 33° F under partly cloudy skies.
9/27/2011 7:57 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very localized showers early yesterday evening gave us a trace of rain, but within 0.25 miles east, streets were fully wet, and within 0.5 miles east precipitation appears to have been measurable. The high reached 56.2° F then cooled this morning to 30.5° F and there was frost. The present temperature is 31° F under mostly clear skies.
9/28/2011 7:43 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light instability showers passed through Soldotna early in the evening before they dissipated, accompanied by a full double rainbow. The high reached 56° F before dropping to 33.6° F which is the present temperature. Skies were mostly clear overnight and remain so this morning. This is my last report from Soldotna as we are moving. I must disassemble the computer and weather station this morning, and am making arrangements to donate my weather station to Kenai Peninsula College.
9/29/2011 8:00 AM 0.29 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Total precipitation for Sep 28 was 0.20. These are estimated data, as I dimantled my equipment in Soldotna shortly after my report the morning of the 28th. Data are courtesy of Jackie Stringham in Sterling, about 10 miles east of Soldotna.
9/30/2011 8:00 AM 0.42 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 These are estimated data from Sterling AK about 10 miles east of Soldotna, and courtesy of Jackie Stringham. My station in Soldotna was dismantled Sep 28, 2011



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
11/25/2010 11/28/2010 8:00 AM 4 M M M
12/25/2010 12/27/2010 8:00 AM 3 M M M
12/31/2010 1/01/2011 8:00 AM 2 M M M
1/16/2011 1/21/2011 8:00 AM 6 M M M
4/19/2011 4/20/2011 8:00 AM 2 M M M
6/18/2011 6/26/2011 8:00 AM 9 M M M



Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground