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 09 1.60 31 1.12 29 0.48 2 1 14 5 0.1 1 0
Nov 09 0.60 30 0.31 26 0.29 4 1 6 4 2.6 5 16
Dec 09 1.67 31 1.61 24 0.06 7 2 8 3 9.9 9 24
Jan 10 0.46 31 0.46 31 0.00 0 0 10 2 4.0 9 31
Feb 10 0.65 28 0.65 28 0.00 0 0 6 9 6.6 5 28
March 10 0.68 31 0.68 26 0.00 5 0 10 3 9.9 10 26
April 10 1.73 30 1.52 24 0.21 6 1 11 2 5.5 5 5
May 10 0.43 31 0.43 19 0.00 12 0 6 4 0.0 0 0
June 10 1.73 30 0.97 13 0.76 17 1 8 2 0.0 0 0
July 10 3.04 31 3.04 31 0.00 0 0 22 2 0.0 0 0
Aug 10 1.96 31 1.96 31 0.00 0 0 20 3 0.0 0 0
Sept 10 1.14 33 1.14 30 0.00 3 1 8 11 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 15.69" 368 days 13.89" 312 1.80" 56 days 7 129 days 50 days 38.6" 44 days 130 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
10/1/2009 0.00
10/2/2009 0.00
10/3/2009 0.09
10/4/2009 T
10/5/2009 0.10
10/6/2009 0.01
10/7/2009 0.34
10/8/2009 0.22
10/9/2009 0.20
10/10/2009 0.01
10/11/2009 **
10/12/2009 0.48
10/13/2009 0.02
10/14/2009 0.02
10/15/2009 0.02
10/16/2009 0.01
10/17/2009 0.00
10/18/2009 0.00
10/19/2009 0.00
10/20/2009 T
10/21/2009 0.00
10/22/2009 0.00
10/23/2009 T
10/24/2009 0.00
10/25/2009 0.05
10/26/2009 T
10/27/2009 0.02
10/28/2009 T
10/29/2009 0.01
10/30/2009 0.00
10/31/2009 0.00
11/1/2009 0.00
11/2/2009 0.00
11/3/2009 0.00
11/4/2009 T
11/5/2009 0.00
11/6/2009 0.00
11/7/2009 0.00
11/8/2009 0.00
11/9/2009 T
11/10/2009 0.00
11/11/2009 0.06
11/12/2009 0.14
11/13/2009 0.02
11/14/2009 0.01
11/15/2009 0.00
11/16/2009 0.00
11/17/2009 0.00
11/18/2009 0.00
11/19/2009 0.00
11/20/2009 0.00
11/21/2009 T
11/22/2009 T
11/23/2009 0.00
11/24/2009 0.03
11/25/2009 0.00
11/26/2009 **
11/27/2009 **
11/28/2009 **
11/29/2009 0.29
11/30/2009 0.05
12/1/2009 1.11
12/2/2009 0.31
12/3/2009 T
12/4/2009 0.00
12/5/2009 0.00
12/6/2009 0.00
12/7/2009 0.00
12/8/2009 **
12/9/2009 **
12/10/2009 0.01
12/11/2009 0.00
12/12/2009 0.00
12/13/2009 0.00
12/14/2009 0.00
12/15/2009 0.08
12/16/2009 0.04
12/17/2009 0.01
12/18/2009 T
12/19/2009 0.01
12/20/2009 0.02
12/21/2009 0.00
12/22/2009 T
12/23/2009 0.03
12/24/2009 **
12/25/2009 **
12/26/2009 **
12/27/2009 0.05
12/28/2009 0.00
12/29/2009 0.00
12/30/2009 0.00
12/31/2009 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2010 0.00
1/2/2010 0.00
1/3/2010 T
1/4/2010 0.02
1/5/2010 0.00
1/6/2010 0.08
1/7/2010 0.22
1/8/2010 0.00
1/9/2010 0.00
1/10/2010 0.00
1/11/2010 0.00
1/12/2010 0.02
1/13/2010 0.01
1/14/2010 0.02
1/15/2010 0.04
1/16/2010 0.00
1/17/2010 0.01
1/18/2010 0.03
1/19/2010 0.00
1/20/2010 0.00
1/21/2010 0.00
1/22/2010 0.00
1/23/2010 0.00
1/24/2010 0.00
1/25/2010 0.00
1/26/2010 0.00
1/27/2010 0.00
1/28/2010 0.00
1/29/2010 T
1/30/2010 0.01
1/31/2010 0.00
2/1/2010 0.00
2/2/2010 0.00
2/3/2010 0.00
2/4/2010 0.00
2/5/2010 0.00
2/6/2010 0.28
2/7/2010 0.01
2/8/2010 0.01
2/9/2010 T
2/10/2010 0.01
2/11/2010 0.00
2/12/2010 0.00
2/13/2010 T
2/14/2010 0.00
2/15/2010 0.00
2/16/2010 0.00
2/17/2010 T
2/18/2010 T
2/19/2010 T
2/20/2010 0.23
2/21/2010 0.00
2/22/2010 T
2/23/2010 0.00
2/24/2010 0.00
2/25/2010 0.11
2/26/2010 T
2/27/2010 T
2/28/2010 T
3/1/2010 0.01
3/2/2010 T
3/3/2010 0.00
3/4/2010 0.25
3/5/2010 0.03
3/6/2010 0.15
3/7/2010 0.01
3/8/2010 0.02
3/9/2010 0.09
3/10/2010 T
3/11/2010 0.00
3/12/2010 0.01
3/13/2010 0.00
3/14/2010 0.00
3/15/2010 0.08
3/16/2010 0.00
3/17/2010 0.00
3/18/2010 0.00
3/19/2010 0.00
3/20/2010 0.00
3/21/2010 0.00
3/22/2010 0.00
3/23/2010 T
3/24/2010 0.00
3/25/2010 0.03
3/26/2010 0.00
3/27/2010 **
3/28/2010 **
3/29/2010 **
3/30/2010 **
3/31/2010 **
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2010 **
4/2/2010 **
4/3/2010 **
4/4/2010 **
4/5/2010 **
4/6/2010 0.21
4/7/2010 0.03
4/8/2010 0.00
4/9/2010 0.00
4/10/2010 0.00
4/11/2010 0.15
4/12/2010 0.07
4/13/2010 0.14
4/14/2010 0.37
4/15/2010 0.04
4/16/2010 0.00
4/17/2010 0.00
4/18/2010 0.00
4/19/2010 0.00
4/20/2010 0.07
4/21/2010 0.00
4/22/2010 0.47
4/23/2010 0.09
4/24/2010 0.00
4/25/2010 0.00
4/26/2010 0.00
4/27/2010 T
4/28/2010 T
4/29/2010 0.06
4/30/2010 0.03
5/1/2010 0.09
5/2/2010 T
5/3/2010 0.00
5/4/2010 0.00
5/5/2010 0.00
5/6/2010 0.26
5/7/2010 0.01
5/8/2010 T
5/9/2010 0.00
5/10/2010 0.00
5/11/2010 0.01
5/12/2010 0.00
5/13/2010 T
5/14/2010 0.02
5/15/2010 0.00
5/16/2010 0.04
5/17/2010 T
5/18/2010 0.00
5/19/2010 0.00
5/20/2010 **
5/21/2010 **
5/22/2010 **
5/23/2010 **
5/24/2010 **
5/25/2010 **
5/26/2010 **
5/27/2010 **
5/28/2010 **
5/29/2010 **
5/30/2010 **
5/31/2010 **
6/1/2010 **
6/2/2010 **
6/3/2010 **
6/4/2010 **
6/5/2010 **
6/6/2010 **
6/7/2010 **
6/8/2010 **
6/9/2010 **
6/10/2010 **
6/11/2010 **
6/12/2010 **
6/13/2010 **
6/14/2010 **
6/15/2010 **
6/16/2010 **
6/17/2010 0.76
6/18/2010 0.12
6/19/2010 0.27
6/20/2010 0.25
6/21/2010 0.00
6/22/2010 T
6/23/2010 0.00
6/24/2010 0.00
6/25/2010 0.02
6/26/2010 0.13
6/27/2010 T
6/28/2010 0.13
6/29/2010 0.03
6/30/2010 0.02
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2010 0.00
7/2/2010 0.05
7/3/2010 0.01
7/4/2010 0.00
7/5/2010 0.07
7/6/2010 0.02
7/7/2010 T
7/8/2010 0.03
7/9/2010 0.01
7/10/2010 0.19
7/11/2010 0.01
7/12/2010 0.00
7/13/2010 0.11
7/14/2010 0.14
7/15/2010 0.00
7/16/2010 0.00
7/17/2010 0.00
7/18/2010 0.09
7/19/2010 0.46
7/20/2010 0.01
7/21/2010 0.46
7/22/2010 0.00
7/23/2010 0.01
7/24/2010 T
7/25/2010 0.22
7/26/2010 0.44
7/27/2010 0.28
7/28/2010 0.02
7/29/2010 0.01
7/30/2010 0.01
7/31/2010 0.39
8/1/2010 0.08
8/2/2010 T
8/3/2010 0.04
8/4/2010 0.08
8/5/2010 0.29
8/6/2010 0.05
8/7/2010 0.15
8/8/2010 0.07
8/9/2010 0.13
8/10/2010 0.02
8/11/2010 0.08
8/12/2010 T
8/13/2010 0.04
8/14/2010 0.29
8/15/2010 0.01
8/16/2010 0.00
8/17/2010 0.15
8/18/2010 T
8/19/2010 0.00
8/20/2010 0.00
8/21/2010 0.00
8/22/2010 0.05
8/23/2010 0.01
8/24/2010 0.00
8/25/2010 0.00
8/26/2010 0.00
8/27/2010 0.03
8/28/2010 0.05
8/29/2010 0.06
8/30/2010 0.00
8/31/2010 0.28
9/1/2010 0.16
9/2/2010 0.07
9/3/2010 0.00
9/4/2010 0.04
9/5/2010 0.34
9/6/2010 0.03
9/7/2010 0.39
9/8/2010 T
9/9/2010 T
9/10/2010 T
9/11/2010 0.00 **
9/12/2010 0.00 **
9/13/2010 0.00 0.00
9/14/2010 T
9/15/2010 T
9/16/2010 T
9/17/2010 T
9/18/2010 T
9/19/2010 T
9/20/2010 T
9/21/2010 0.00
9/22/2010 0.00
9/23/2010 T
9/24/2010 0.00
9/25/2010 0.00
9/26/2010 0.00
9/27/2010 0.00
9/28/2010 0.00
9/29/2010 0.01
9/30/2010 0.10



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2009 7:03 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies slowly cleared yesterday and were clear by evening. Increased sun breaks throughout the day allowed us to reach 51.6° F and clear skies overnight have allowed us to drop to 28.6° F (so far), which is the current temperature.
10/2/2009 8:47 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Picture perfect weather in Soldotna boosted us to 56.4° F dyesterda and clear skies allowed the overnight low to drop to a chilly 26.8° F. Its now 28° and high clouds are increasing.
10/3/2009 8:58 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies clouded over yesterday and light rain began late in the evening. The rain intensity peaked just before midnight and ended just before dawn this morning. The clouds held the high temperature yesterday to 49.5° F and the overnight low under cloudy skies dropped only to 40.9° F. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 42° F.
10/4/2009 8:06 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a brief light shower late in the evening. There were sun breaks, however, during the afternoon, and despite mostly cloudy skies the moon was visible at times overnight. Mild temperatures were the result with a high yesterday of 51.8° F and an overnight low of 41.5° F. The present temperature has risen to 43° F under mostly cloudy skies.
10/5/2009 8:58 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a noon sprinkle yesterday skies were cloudy. Rain, however, commenced late in the evening and ended around dawn this morning. Clouds kept temperatures mild with a high of 49.5° F yesterday and a low this morning of 43.4° F. The present temperature has not risen from the overnight low.
10/6/2009 8:30 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a brief rain shower around noon yesterday, then skies cleared during the afternoon. The high reached a mild 52.5° F but clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to drop to 29.7° F, which is the present temperature. Skies remain clear at this time.
10/7/2009 8:52 AM 0.34 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain began early in the evening, peaked late in the evening and ended early this morning. Clouds held the temperature to a cool 43.9° F while clouds and rain allowed the minimum to drop only to 42.2° F. The present temperature is 43° F under cloudy skies.
10/8/2009 7:03 AM 0.22 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain began at 10:10 a.m. and ended at 2:15 p.m. yesterday. Rain commenced again just after midnight this morning and light rain is continuing at this time. Temperatures hardly fluctuated at all. The high temperature yesterday was 45.6° F, the overnight low was 45.3° F and the present temperature has risen to 45.8° F.
10/9/2009 8:58 AM 0.20 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain which was continuing yesterday morning ended by 1:40 p.m. During that period 0.07 inches fell. Rain began again, after midnight, however, adding an additional 0.13 inches. Temperatures remain very mild. Yesterdays high occurred at 10 p.m. and was 55.9° F. The low overnight was 50.0° at 6:20 a.m. It is now 51° F.
10/10/2009 8:30 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain during the early afternoon accounted for the 0.01 inch that fell. Temperatures were unusually mild throughout the day and night. The high temperature was 59.7° F twice, at 3:40 p.m. and again at 12:30 a.m. The overnight low was 54.8° F, the warmest overnight of the year. It was windy overnight also, with my peak gust at 25 mph. The present temperature is 55° F under partly cloudy skies.
10/13/2009 8:54 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We've had light drizzle and fog amounting to 0.02 inch. Skies were mostly clear yesterday but fog developed overnight. The high yesterday was unbelievably warm, topping at 62.1° F. This morning's low was 37.5° F before fog boosted the temperature, which now stands at 42° F.
10/14/2009 7:39 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Once again, fog and light drizzle prevailed overnight. The fog never burned off yesterday, which held the high temperature to 46.8° F and prevented it from dropping overnight below 43.2° F. The present temperature is 44° F with fog and drizzle.
10/15/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fog and associated light rain and drizzle ended early in the afternoon yesterday and there were a few breaks in the overcast. Temperatures warmed to 51.9° F yesterday. The fog returned overnight but not as thick. Temperatures dropped to 43.9° F. The present temperature is 44° F. under cloudy skies
10/16/2009 8:58 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a partly sunny afternoon, fog redeveloped at night. The high temperature was 50.8° F under partly cloudy skies, and the morning low was 36.4° F, which is the present temperature under fog. The fog also produced 0.01 inch from drizzle overnight.
10/17/2009 8:47 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 The persistent fog since Monday night finally dissipated late yesterday morning. Skies cleared during the afternoon. The high reached 45.7° F, and partly cloudy skies overnight allowed the low to dip to 30.4° F. The present temperature is 31° F under partly cloudy skies.
10/18/2009 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy skies yesterday boosted our high temperature to 46.8° F. Clear skies overnight dropped the low to 29.9° F. The present temperature is 30° F under partly cloudy skies.
10/19/2009 8:37 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a sunny morning, mid-day fog, then afternoon sun yesterday. The high reached 49.6° F and the overnight low under mostly clear skies was 28.6°, which is also the current temperature.
10/20/2009 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies in the morning yielded to mid day light fog, and clouds during the afternoon. A trace of rain fell during afternoon sprinkles. Temperatures remained relatively mild. The high temperature was 44.4° F and the overnight low under partly cloudy skies dropped to 29.7° F. The present temperature has risen to 36° F under partly cloudy skies.
10/21/2009 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Not available.
10/22/2009 7:03 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy skies yesterday yielded some afternoon sun. The high temperature reached 46.3° F and the overnight low dropped only to 40.3° F. The present temperature is 41° F under cloudy skies.
10/23/2009 8:35 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 It was very mild, quite windy, and we had an extremely low barometer overnight. A nearby storm system held the overnight low to a balmy 45.1° F after a high yesterday of 49.8° F under mostly cloudy skies. Low barometer after midnight was 28.581 inches, and peak wind gust was 20 m.p.h. also after midnight. The present temperature remains at 45.1° F under cloudy skies.
10/24/2009 8:48 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy skies in the morning yielded to partly sunny skies in the afternoon. Winds slowly diminished and the barometer rose. The high reached 49.2° F and the low overnight under mostly clear to partly cloudy skies is 38.5° F, which is also the present temperature.
10/25/2009 7:57 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a light shower during from about 8 p.m. until 9 p.m. which dropped 0.01 inches. Additional showers dropped 0.04 inches between about 12:45 a.m. and 4:45 a.m. Light rain has commenced again this morning. The high yesterday under increasingly cloudy skies was a mild 48.3° F and the overnight low was 38.4° F. The present temperature is 39° F.
10/26/2009 8:20 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain ended shortly after yesterday morning's observation. Skies became partly sunny during the afternoon, with variable cloudiness overnight. The high yesterday was 45.4° F and the overnight low was 40.5° F. The present temperature is 41° F under mostly cloudy skies.
10/27/2009 8:58 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain from 11:30 a.m. until around noon contributed 0.01 inch and light rain starting about 7 a.m. contributed another 0.01 inch. Temperatures remained relatively mild. The high yesterday under cloudy skies was 43.4° F and the morning low which is the present temperature is 36.0° F.
10/28/2009 8:23 AM T T T T T We had a trace of snow just before this mornings observation, the first snow of the 2009-2010 winter season. The high yesterday was 40.7° F and the overnight low was 28.5° F. The temperature has since risen to 32° F.
10/29/2009 8:55 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.0 0.00 Light snow occurred yesterday morning, which ended shortly after yesterday morning's report. Light rain followed which melted the snow by noon. Skies remained mostly cloudy with some clearing by sunset. Skies were clear overnight. The high yesterday was 36.2° F and the low this morning was a chilly 21.2° F. Winds have increased which have raised the current temperature to 35° F.
10/30/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly clear windy weather yesterday allowed temperature to reach a high of 40.9° F. Winds have subsided allowing the overnight temperature to drop to 31.3° F. Temperatures have not changed substantially since the morning low, and skies remain clear.
10/31/2009 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clar skies and slowly diminishing winds were prevalent in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. the high temperature reached 38.7° F and the overnight low was 25.4° F. The current temperature under clear skies is 26° F.
11/1/2009 7:53 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies stayed clear yesterday and winds slowly diminished. We made it to 34° F during the afternoon then dropped to 18.9° F by late evening before clouds began to move in and raise the temperature. The temperature is now 27° F under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
11/2/2009 7:03 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clearing and colder weather is occurring in Soldotna, Alaska. The high yesterday after diminishing morning cloudiness was 32.0° F, and the low this morning (so far) was 10.2° F under clear skies. The present temperature is essentially unchanged from the morning low temperature.
11/3/2009 7:18 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear chilly weather dominated yesterday's temperatures in Soldotna. The morning low yesterday was after my daily observation and was 9.5° F. The high reached 31.9° F and the overnight low was 10.9° F. Skies have largely clouded over as dawn approaches and the temperature has risen to 14° F.
11/4/2009 7:00 AM T T T T T Light freezing drizzle before dawn coated Soldotna with less than 0.1 inch of ice. The temperature remained below freezing until about 2:30 a.m. but slowly rose through the night to 37° F by 6:40 a.m. Low overnight was at midnight at 30.1° F. The high yesterday was 30.2° F just before midnight.
11/5/2009 7:06 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Gray skies, cloudy, but very windy weather were all we could muster during a day with a very low barometer. It's still low at 28.29 inches, but it was 28.26 inches at midnight. Mild temperatures have resulted, as it was 41.3° F for the high yesterday and it oly dropped to 39.6° F overnight. It's presently risen to 41° F. under cloudy skies.
11/6/2009 8:42 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Winds slowly died down yesterday and the barometric pressure commenced climbing back up from exceptionally low readings under 28.30 inches. The high temperature yesterday peaked at a balmy 42.4° F. and cooled to its present overnight reading of 27.4° F under slowly clearing skies.
11/7/2009 7:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Yesterday included variably cloudy skies and continued mild temperatures. The high temperature reached 41.6° F and the overnight low under mostly cloudy skies cooled to 31.5° F. The present temperature, under cloudy skies is 32° F.
11/8/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy skies all day yielded to partly cloudy skies overnight. The high yesterday reached 34° F while the partial overnight clearing allowed us to drop to 15.6° F. The present temperature under partly cloudy skies is 17° F.
11/9/2009 8:58 AM T T T T T We had a dusting of snow late in the evening. Areas east of us received possibly several inches but we were on the western edge of light but training frozen precipitation during much of the afternoon and evening. Yesterday's high was 28.2° F under cloudy skies, but clearing skies overnight allowed us to drop to 15.1° F, which is the current temperatature. Skies remain clear.
11/10/2009 8:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 T Mostly sunny skies yesterday and mostly clear skies overnight were accompanied by seasonable temperatures. The high yesterday was 35.1° F and the overnight low was 14° F, which is the current temperature. One interesting note...the high occurred at 8:40 p.m. after daylight hour temperatures had hovered in the upper 20's. Skies presetnly remain mostly clear.
11/11/2009 8:05 AM 0.06 0.7 0.08 0.5 0.08 We had light pre-dawn snow this morning. Temperatures have risen slowly during the night. We had a high of 29.6° F under mostly sunny skies yesterday and the temperature this morning dropped to 20.1° F just after midnight. It has since risen to 24° F under cloudy skies
11/12/2009 7:00 AM 0.14 0.8 0.07 1.5 0.15 We had an additional 0.8 inches of snow during the day yesterday. Skies cleared late in the afternoon and it became very windy. The peak gust yesterday evening was 26.0 m.p.h. The high yesterday was 36.9° F and the overnight low was 23.8° F. which is the present temperature. Skies are presently clear and the winds have died down.
11/13/2009 8:55 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 1.5 0.17 Light snow began before dawn and is continuing. Accumulations have been very light. The high temperature under sunny skies yesterday was 30.5° F. The low temperature this morning is 20.7° F which is the current temperature.
11/14/2009 8:57 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 1.5 0.18 Our very light snow ended around mid day yesterday. The temperature mamaged to reach 25.5° F under clearing skies before plummeting to -3.0° F this morning under mostly clear skies. This is our first sub-zero temperature of the 2009-2010 winter season. The present temperature remains essentially unchanged.
11/15/2009 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.18 Clear and cold weather is dominating much of South Central Alaska. Some cloudiness and snow shower activity occured over the open waters of Cook Inlet late yesterday afternoon and evening but there was no snow in Soldotna. Yesterday's high reached 14.4° F Skies cleared again overnight and the low so far this morning is -6.5° F.
11/16/2009 8:08 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.18 Clear, and very cold weather continued in Soldotna yesterday. The high managed to reach 14.5° F under sunny skies. Clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to plummet to it's present low reading of -9.4° F.
11/17/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.18 Very cold clear weather is continuing in Soldotna Alaska. The high temperature yesterday reached only 8.3° F while the overnight low under clear skies has dropped to -10.2° F (so far). The temperature is essentially unchanged from this low temperature at 7:50 a.m. Skies remain clear
11/18/2009 8:06 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.18 Clear, cold weather continued in Soldotna yesterday. The high yesterday was a chilly 8.7° F, but overnight cloudiness held low temperatures to 4.7° F, the first above zero night since November 13. The present temperature has risen to 7.7° F under mostly cloudy skies.
11/19/2009 7:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.18 Mostly sunny weather yesterday was accompanied by intervals of high clouds. Temperatures were not as cold. The high yesterday reached 15.8° F sand the low so far this morning under mostly clear skies is 0.7° F, which is the present temperature.
11/20/2009 7:38 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.18 Clear, cold weather continued in South Central Alaska yesterday. The high temperature in Soldotna reached 15.1° F. Skies remained clear overnight, and the temperature dropped to -6.7° F. It has since risen to -5.2° F under clear skies.
11/21/2009 8:52 AM T T T 1.5 0.18 Slowly increasing cloudiness yesterday have brought even more slowly moderating temperatures and there were a few pre-dawn flurries. The clouds held the high temperature yesterday to 9.2° F. There was a brief but temporary warm up shortly after midnight when the temperature maxed at 9.7° F. The temperature then dropped to 7.0° F under mostly cloudy skies, which is also the present temperature. is
11/22/2009 7:50 AM T T T 1.5 0.18 Warmer temperatures have finally arrived in Soldotna. We again had a few pre-dawn flurries. The 18.5° F earlier this morning is the warmest since November 13. The high yesterday under partly cloudy skies was 16.5° F and the overnight low was 13.3° F. Skies are presently variably cloudy and the temperature is 18° F.
11/23/2009 7:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.18 Warming weather is continuing in Soldotna. The high temperature yesterday of 28.6° F occurred at midnight then peaked earlier this morning at 32.2° F at 5:40 a.m. It remains at 32° F under clear skies this morning
11/24/2009 8:15 AM 0.03 T T 0.5 0.13 Snow flurries yesterday afternoon were followed by evening showers as much milder air moved in to South Central Alaska. The high yesterday was 39.1° F, the overnight lowwas 26.2° F and the present temperature under mostly cloudy skies is 29° F. The liquid precipitation from the showers has frozen, making for slippery conditions in spots.
11/25/2009 8:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 0.13 Cloudy skies and relatively mild temperatures were fairly commonplace in Soldotna yesterday. The high temperature reached 34.7° F and the low this morning is the current temperature of 20.2° F. Skies cleared overnight.
11/30/2009 8:00 AM 0.05 0.8 0.06 4.0 0.38 We had light snow which began shortly after sunrise yesterday. The snow ended by late afternoon. Skies cleared temporarily overnight but have clouded over this morning. The high yesterday was 30.2° F before dawn, but temperatures held steady or dropped during day to a pre-dawn low overnight of 12.0° F. Temperatures have rebounded markedly however, and stand presently at 23° F.
12/1/2009 8:58 AM 1.11 4.4 1.11 7.0 1.49 Light snow during the day turned to rain in the evening. Snow began at midnight and lasted until 8 a.m. at which time it turned back to rain. The high yesterday was 36.1° F during the evening, and dropped to a low of 32.8° F overnight. During the 4.2 inches of snow which fell after midnight the temperature hovered just above freezing. Precipitation at the present time is presently a mixture of rain and snow.
12/2/2009 8:11 AM 0.31 0.2 0.03 6.5 1.52 Much of the precipitation yesterday fell as rain on top of the heavy early morning snow. Of the 0.31 inches of rain, approximately 0.03 inches of the moisture was from snow. Temperatures climbed into the mid 30's during the day, topping at 35.7° F but fell back to the low 30's late in the evening which enabled the brief snow. After midnight the snow ended and it became clear. Temperatures eventually dropped to the upper 20's, bottoming out at 26.9° F. Skies remain clear at this time.
12/3/2009 8:33 AM T T T 6.5 1.49 We had a few brief snow showers yesterday morning under mostly cloudy skies that amounted to a trace. Skies slowly cleared late in the day and were mostly clear overnight. The high yesterday reached 34.2° F and dropped overnight to 26.3° F, which is the current temperature.
12/4/2009 8:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.49 Sunny skies but cooler weather greeted Soldotna yesterday, and there was some wind which added nip to the air. The temperature of 26 as of yesterday's observation was the high. It became partly cloudy overnight, and the overnight low was 10.3° F. The present temperature under variably cloudy skies is 11° F.
12/5/2009 8:28 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.49 Variable high cloudiness was prevalent in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. Temperatures have become milder. The high yesterday was 21.7° F which occurred just before midnight. The temperature dropped only 0.1° F to 21.6° F after midnight before continuing to climb to its present reading fo 24.9° F. Skies remain mostly cloudy.
12/6/2009 7:46 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.49 Variably cloudy skies were prevalent in Soldotna yesterday. Mild temperatures were also the rule. The high temperatrue of 31.6° F was just before midnight, and the overnight low was 27.4° F which is the present temperature. Skies remain partly to mostly cloudy.
12/7/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.49 Variable cloudiness yesterday decreased overnight, and clear skies have allowed the temperature to drop to 10.1° F, which is the current temperature. The high yesterday was a seasonably mild 31.8° F.
12/11/2009 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.50 Cloudy, foggy weather finally exited the Soldotna area overnight. Our high temperature yesterday was 24.9° F, and it dropped to 6.9° F under clear skies overnight, which is the present temperature.
12/12/2009 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.50 Clear skies continued yesterday and overnight. Temperatures remained chilly. The high yesterday reached 15.2° F and the overnight low was 1.8° F. The present temperature under mostly clear skies is 3° F.
12/13/2009 7:53 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.50 Mostly clear weather continued yesterday in Soldotna, and continued over night. The high yesterday was 9.5° F and the overnight low right after midnight was 5.3° F but it has warmed to 9° F at the present time. Skies remain clear.
12/14/2009 8:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.50 Clouds gradually increased and at least temporarily, the fog returned in Soldotna. The high yesterday was 18.3° F and occurred after sunset. The low overnight was 12.3° F early this morning and the temperature has climbed to 16° F under cloudy skies at this time.
12/15/2009 8:00 AM 0.08 2.0 0.11 8.5 1.61 We had two inches of snow since yesterday morning's observation. Light snow began during the day and increased in intensity overnight. The high yesterday was 21.6° F and the overnight low was 18.9° F. The present temperature is essentially unchanged. Although heavier snow stopped there are snow flurries and skies remain cloudy.
12/16/2009 8:18 AM 0.04 1.5 0.06 10.0 1.67 lighty intermittent snow finally came to an end in Soldotna early this morning. Temperatures are also dropping, and there has been some partial clearing. The high yesterday was 21.2° F then the temperature dropped to 15.2° F for the low late in the evening. After midnight it briefly warmed to 16° F, then dropped to a low so far this morning of 8.9° F. The general trend appears to be steady or slowly dropping temperatures throughout the day.
12/17/2009 8:49 AM 0.01 0.3 0.04 9.0 1.71 Light wind driven, powdery snow occurred overnight. Skies cleared toward morning and it has turned colder. The high yesterday reached 16.0° F early in the day and it turned colder, staying in the low teens during much of the afternoon. Overnight the low was 0.1° F. The present temperature is 2.0° F and skies remain clear.
12/18/2009 8:58 AM T 0.1 0.01 9.0 1.72 Cold temperatures dominated Soldotna weather yesterday and overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 6.5° F and it cooled to -9.7° F before midnight. Temperatures rose to 1.1° F early this morning and there were intermittent light snow showers overnight which dropped a trace of snow.
12/19/2009 8:31 AM 0.01 0.3 0.02 9.0 1.74 Once again, light snow showers set up overnight, although these may be associated with an advancing weather system versus a retreating one. The high yesterday under partly cloudy skies was a chilly 6.3° F while the overnight low under cloudy skies dropped only slightly to 4.8° F. The present temperature has risen to 8° F under cloudy skies.
12/20/2009 8:00 AM 0.02 0.6 0.02 9.5 1.76 We had light snow late last evening. Skies remain cloudy. The high temperature yesterday under cloudy skies was 14.9° F and the low this morning was 6.6° F. The present temperature is 12° F.
12/21/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 1.76 Cloudy, but much milder weather has arrived in Soldotna. The high yesterday was 29.3° F, the overnight low at 3 a.m. was 24.0° F, but the temperature has since risen to 39° F. Skies remain mostly cloudy.
12/22/2009 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.68 Unseasonably mild weather in Soldotna brought an evening sprinkle. The temperature has been above freezing since yesterday morning's observation. We reached 41.1° F yesterday and dropped only to 34.9° F overnight. The present temperature under mostly cloudy skies is 38° F. The mild temperatures have melted over 1/3 of our snow.
12/23/2009 8:27 AM 0.03 0.5 0.03 6.0 1.71 We had a brief interval of snow showers early in the morning. Approximately half of this melted by 7:00 a.m., and temperatures warmed toward dawn. The high yesterday was in the upper 30's, dropped to a low of 24.0° F during the evening, and has warmed to 35° F under cloudy skies at this time.
12/28/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.76 Variably cloudy skies and continued unseasonably mild weather continued yesterday in Soldotna. The high temperature reached 41.5° F for the warmest reading of the month. We cooled slightly overnight reaching 26.7° F, which is the coolest temperature since December 22. It has warmed only slightly to 27° F under cloudy skies.
12/29/2009 8:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.76 We've had no rain or snow in Soldotna in the past 24 hours. Temperatures are slowly coming down, as the afternoon temperature around 32° F dropped to an overnight low of 21.3° F which is the current temperature. Skies yesterday and overnight were mostly cloudy and remain so this morning.
12/30/2009 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.76 The cooling trend is continuing in Soldotna, but it has remained dry. The high afternoon temperature yesterday under variably cloudy skies was in the mid 20's and we cooled to 12.3° F early this morning under mostly clear skies. The current temperature under partly to mostly cloudy skies has risen to 16° F.
12/31/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.76 Variably cloudy, seasonably cool and continued dry weather yesterday saw a high of 23.4° F. The temperature dropped only slightly to 20.4° F overnight. Skies remain partly cloudy this morning with a temperature of 23° F.
1/1/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.76 Dry, cool weather is continuing in Soldotna. The high temperature yesterday under partly cloudy skies was 23° F and the low (so far) this morning under mostly clear skies is 0.7° F.
1/2/2010 8:49 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.76 Clear, cold weather remained in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 8.3° F under clear skies and cooled to -4.9° F overnight. The present temperature under clear skies is -4° F.
1/3/2010 7:25 AM T T T 4.5 1.76 Very light snow began around 7:05 a.m. A trace had fallen by the observation time. It is still snowing lightly. The high yesterday warmed to 10.8° F, cooled to 9.3° F shortly before 1 a.m., and has risen to a present temperature of 16° F.
1/4/2010 8:04 AM 0.02 0.2 0.03 4.5 1.79 We had light snow yesterday morning beginning just before dawn and ending mid morning. Temperatures warmed through the day capping at 24° F at midnight and continuing to rise to a present reading of 27° F. Skies remained cloudy yesterday and overnight.
1/5/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.79 Mostly cloudy skies and seasonably mild temperatures occurred in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 29.3° F but fell to 23° F early in the evening. It has warmed to 29° F, the present temperature under mostly cloudy skies.
1/6/2010 8:00 AM 0.08 1.0 0.08 5.5 1.26 Moderate snow began around 7 a.m. this morning, and is continuing. One inch of snow has fallen. Temperatures are just above freezing at 33° F but ranged from a low of 31.4° F just before 1 a.m. to a high of 35.9 around 6:20 a.m.
1/7/2010 8:36 AM 0.22 1.2 0.11 6.0 1.37 Yesterday morning's snow ended late morning, and was followed by rain, which lasted until late in the evening. Approximately half of the 2.2 inch snow total melted. Temperatures held around 35° F during the afternoon, warm enough to turn snow to rain, and dropped overnight to a low of 31.5° F which is the current reading. Skies became mostly clear earlier this morning, allowing the temperature to drop below freezing.
1/8/2010 8:44 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.37 Skies became partly sunny yesterday and were mostly clear overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 36.3° F and the overnight low was 21.0° F which is the current temperature. Skies remain mostly clear to partly cloudy with high clouds present.
1/9/2010 8:48 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.37 Seasonable temperatures have returned in Soldotna and it has remained dry. High thin clouds were widespread yesterday and it was relatively clear overnight. The high tempeterature yesterday was 29.0° F and the overnight low was 15.6° F. The present temperature under mostly clear skies is 18° F.
1/10/2010 7:53 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.37 Pleasant weather continued in Soldotna yesterday. The high reached 23.5° F under mostly sunny skies, and dropped to 14.4° F overnight under mostly clear skies. The present temperature remains unchanged from the overnight low.
1/11/2010 8:18 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.37 Mostly clear weather prevailed in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high reached 20.8° F just before midnight after an afternoon high near 20° F. The low overnight cooled to -1.0° F overnight, which is also the present temperature. Skies remain clear.
1/12/2010 8:00 AM 0.02 0.1 0.02 5.0 1.39 We had light snow early this morning. Skies have clouded over after a windy clear but cool day yesterday and the temperature has increased. The high was 20.7° F yesterday, cooled to 8.8° F overnight and has risen to the present temperature of 19.6° F.
1/13/2010 8:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 5.0 1.40 We had a band of mid day snow showers which contributed to the pre-dawn snow showers reported yesterday. Temperatures held generally in the upper teens to around 20° F, topping at 21.2° F late in the afternoon. The skies cleared overnight and the temperature dropped to 10.5° F, which is the current temperature.
1/14/2010 8:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 5.0 1.42 Light snow began before dawn this morning and is continuing. Temperatures have risen from an overnight low of 11.2° F to 19° F as clouds bringing the light snow moved in overnight. The high yesterday under sunny skies was 20.2
1/15/2010 8:58 AM 0.04 0.6 0.04 5.5 1.46 Light snow and snow showers which commenced before dawn and before yesterday morning's report ended shortly after noon. Temperatures rose to 25.1° F during the afternoon, and dropped to 16.3° F under mostly cloudy skies overnight. The temperature remains unchanged.
1/16/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.46 We remained dry in Soldotna yesterday. Skies were mostly sunny, with periods of clouds during the day, and generally cloudy conditions prevailed overnight. The high yesterday reached 25.2° F and cooled to 21.0° F overnight. The present temperature is 23° F under cloudy skies.
1/17/2010 8:58 AM 0.01 0.3 0.02 5.5 1.48 After a fair to partly cloudy start in the morning, we had a brief interval of light snow during the early afternoon, which cleared quickly. Skies then cleared overnight. The high temperature reached 28.3° F, and dropped to 11.0° F about an hour and a half ago. It has since risen to 13° F under partly cloudy skies.
1/18/2010 8:58 AM 0.03 0.3 0.03 6.0 1.51 We had a band of accumulating light snow early this morning. The high temperature yesterday was 28.5° F and the low this morning was 19.5° F. Skies began mostly sunny but clouded up late in the day, and were cloudy during the night with light evening snow showers which amounted to a trace before the heavier pre-dawn snow band.
1/19/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.51 Low clouds and mild temperatures persisted in Soldotna yesterday. The high temperature reached 29.2° F. Partial clearing overnight, however, allowed us to drop to 15.5° F. The present temperature is 18° F under partly cloudy skies.
1/20/2010 8:22 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.51 Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy mild weather was predominant in Soldotna yesterday. The high temperature reached the mid 20's and cooled to 8° F under clearing skies overnight.
1/21/2010 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.51 Mostly clear, cooler weather has settled in in Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula. The high yesterday under bright sun was 20.0° F and the overnight low was 2.1° F under clear skies. The present temperature is 3° F under mostly clear skies.
1/22/2010 8:57 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.51 Sunny weather yesterday and clear skies overnight accompanied chilly temperatures. The high yesterday was 12.1° F and the overnight low was 2.5° F. The present temperature under clear skies is 3° F.
1/23/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.51 Clear chilly weather predominated in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 16.0° F and the overnight low (so far) is -0.7° F, which is the current temperature. This is the first sub zero night since January 13, and the fourth sub zero night this month during a relatively mild, dry month.
1/24/2010 7:47 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.51 Sunny skies yesterday were accompanied by chilly temperatures once again. We reached 11.7° F and cooled to 2.4° F overnight before clouds devel;oped and reversed the overnight radiational cooling. The temperature has risen to 8° F under cloudy skies.
1/25/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.51 Partly sunny, chilly weather continued in Soldotna yesterday and skies were clear overnight. The high temperature yesterday peaked at 21.5° during afternoon sunshine, and dropped to 2.4° F overnight. The temperature is 3° F under clear skies.
1/26/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.51 Clouds increased yesterday and overnight in Soldotna, but it remained dry. Chilly temperatures prevailed during the day, and the high was 12.1° F. The temperature dropped to 5.2° F overnight and has rebounded to a present temperature of 13° F under cloudy skies and a light southeasterly wind.
1/27/2010 8:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.51 Cloudy skies early yesterday gradually cleared during the afternoon and remained mostly clear overnight. Clouds have returned this morning but there has not been any precipitation since January 18. The high yesterday was 23.6° F and the overnight low was 6.1 F. The present temperature under mostly cloudy skies is 16° F.
1/28/2010 8:33 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.51 Clouds have increased and thickened in Soldotna and as a result, temperatures have risen. The high temperature yesterday was 29.1, and occurred after nightfall. The low temperature early this morning was 24.0° F, and it is presently 25° F under cloudy skies.
1/29/2010 8:55 AM T T T 5.5 1.51 Skies were cloudy yesterday, and a trace of snow fell during a brief noon flurry. Skies gradually became partly cloudy overnight, but have clouded up again this morning. The high yesterday was a mild 34.5° F yesterday, and the high for today so far was 34.8° F just after midnight. The low earlier this morning was 31.8° F. The present temperature is 33° F.
1/30/2010 8:33 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.52 Light showers during the early afternoon provided Soldotna with the first measurable precipitation since January 18, 2010. Temperatures were quite mild; the high reached 36.5°F, the warmest since December 27, 2009. Clearing skies overnight have allowed temperatures to drop to the current reading of 15.5° F.
1/31/2010 8:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.52 Mostly clear skies and seasonable temperature were notable in Soldotna yesterday. The high reached 29.6° F and cooled to 7.6° F under clear skies overnight. The present temperature is 9° F under clear skies.
2/1/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.52 Skies were sunny much of yesterday, but clouded up overnight as dry weather continued. The high yesterday reached the mid 20's late in the evening and have remained essentially constant overnight under cloudy skies.
2/2/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.52 Mostly cloudy, dry, and seasonably mild weather held on in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high yesterday was 33° F and the overnight low was 20.8° F. The present temperature has risen to 24° F under mostly cloudy skies.
2/3/2010 8:12 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.52 Mostly cloudy, dry, and seasonably mild weather continued in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 31.6 and the overnight low (present temperature) is 23.3° F.
2/4/2010 8:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.52 Skies cleared yesterday and the temperature dropped. Early day highs yesterday in the mid 20's dropped to around 2 degrees by midnight, and to -6.7 degrees early this morning. It has not warmed appreciably since, and skies are clear.
2/5/2010 7:33 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.52 Skies were clear yesterday but clouded up overnight. The high yesterday was 15.5° F and an early low of 0.1° F around 8:30 p.m. warmed to 11° F with the advent of warmer air before cooling to 6.1° F this morning. Its now 10° F and continuing to rise slowly.
2/6/2010 8:55 AM 0.28 4.0 0.32 9.0 1.83 Snow began early yesterday morning and ended early this morning. Temperatures have warmed considerably also. Yesterday's high of 19° F occurred late yesterday and clearing skies have allowed us to cool to 17.5° F at the present time.
2/7/2010 8:00 AM 0.01 0.2 0.01 9.0 1.84 Flurries during the afternoon and early evening added slightly to the 4.0 inch snow over the preceding 24 hours. Skies became clear overnight but have clouded up again. The high yesterday was 27.6° F and the overnight low was 9.7° F. The current temperature has warmed to 14° F.
2/8/2010 8:13 AM 0.01 0.2 0.01 9.0 1.85 Brief snow showers just before noon yesterday were followed by partly cloudy skies by late afternoon. The high temperature yesterday reached 25.1° F and fell to the present temperature of 8.4° F as skies cleared overnight.
2/9/2010 8:55 AM T T T 9.0 1.84 Skies were sunny in the morning yesterday but clouded up as the day wore on. We had a trace of snow from flurries around midnight. The high temperature yesterday was 20.7° F and the overnight low was 20.4° F. The temperature has risen to 25° F under cloudy skies.
2/10/2010 8:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 9.0 1.82 Late morning brief light snow, gusty winds, and blowing snow accompanied warmer temperatures. The high temperature reached 33.0° F and cooled to 29.8° F overnight. The present temperature is 31° F under cloudy skies
2/11/2010 8:36 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.5 1.80 Cloudy skies yesterday slowly melded into partly cloudy skies overnight. The temperatures are mild, with a high of 35.4° F yesterday and 28.4° F overnight. The present temperature has warmed to 33° F under partly cloudy skies.
2/12/2010 8:48 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.0 1.78 Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures were the rule in Soldotna yesterday. The high peaked at 39.5° F, cooled to 27.9 before midnight, then hovered above 30 degrees early this morning. The present temperature is 32° F under partly cloudy skies.
2/13/2010 8:00 AM T T T 7.0 1.76 We had a few snow flurries and light sprinkles around noon yesterday. Skies then became partly to mostly sunny, allowing the high temperature to reach 41.8° F, warmest since October 20, 2009. Mostly clear skies overnight allowed us to drop to 26.5° F. We have commenced diurnal warming as the present temperature is 27° F under partly cloudy skies.
2/14/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.0 1.75 Variably cloudy skies and slightly cooler temperatures yesterday accompanied the continued mild spell in Soldotna. The high reached 34.3° F and the overnight low under mostly clear skies cooled to 22.3° F. The present temperature is 25° F under partly cloudy skies.
2/15/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 1.71 Mild weather continued in Soldotna yesterday. The high temperature reached 41.3° F and remained in the mid 30's overnight. It is presently 38° F under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
2/16/2010 8:08 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.68 Mostly cloudy, mild weather continued in Soldotna yesterday. The high reached 42.3° F and the overnight low once again remained in the mid 30's. The present temperature is 35° F under cloudy skies.
2/17/2010 8:58 AM T T T 6.0 1.67 Brief drizzle during the evening accompanied continued unseasonably mild weather in Soldotna. The high temperature yesterday reached 39.3° F and cooled to 31.7° F just after midnight. The present temperature is 38° F under cloudy skies.
2/18/2010 8:39 AM T 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.64 Light drizzle has been falling for the past several hours. Temperatures remain very mild; the high yesterday under partly cloudy skies was 44.1° F and dropped only to 36.9° F overnight. Our present temperature is 40° F.
2/19/2010 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 4.0 1.27 Unseasonably mild, cloudy weather is continuing in Soldotna. We had light morning sprinkles and a light afternoon shower yesterday and the high temperature reached 43.3° F just before midnight. It cooled only to 37.7° F early this morning and is 42° F presently under cloudy skies.
2/20/2010 8:00 AM 0.23 0.0 0.00 3.5 0.65 Steady rain most of the day yesterday melted a substantial bit of snow. Temperatures remained in the low 40's much of the day and dropped to around 30° F overnight as skies cleared. It is presently 32° F under partly cloudy skies.
2/21/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.0 0.62 Yesterday's warmth was extraordinary. We reached 47.3° F under partly cloudy skies and the snow is continuing to melt. we now have only 1/3 of what we had two weeks ago. The low overnight dropped to 28.9° F under mostly cloudy skies and is presently 31° F under cloudy skies.
2/22/2010 8:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 3.0 0.55 Mid day sprinkles and cloudy skies resulted in slightly cooler temperatures yesterday. The seasonally mild high temperature was 40.5° F and it cooled to 27.5° F overnight under partly to mostly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 28° F under partly cloudy skies.
2/23/2010 8:51 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.5 0.55 We had another mild afternoon in Soldotna yesterday amidst cpartly cloudy skies. The high temperature reached 44.8° F and cooled to 29.7° F under variably cloudy skies. It is presently 32° F under partly cloudy skies.
2/24/2010 8:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.0 0.45 Mostly sunny skies and daytime warmth continued to reduce our snow cover on the Western Kenai Peninsula. The high reached 41.5° F, but partial clearing overnight and this morning has allowed the temperature to drop to 23.3° F, which is the current temperature.
2/25/2010 8:46 AM 0.11 2.1 0.12 4.1 0.57 Adjacent areas of Cook Inlet, including Soldotna were met with a surprise 2 inch snowfall this morning. After a mostly sunny day yesterday, clouds thickened and lowered during the evening, and snow began before dawn. Steady snow ended as dawn was beginning, and a brief snow shower dropped another 0.1 inch before sunrise. The high yesterday was 41.5° F, but has dropped to a current temperature of 25.8° F. Skies have cleared.
2/26/2010 8:45 AM T T T 4.0 0.66 We had a few light snow showers during the morning which added a trace of snow to the 2 inches reported yesterday. Under bright sun, the high temperature reached 34.2° F but cooled to 12.9° F overnight under mostly clear skies. The present temperature is 17° F under partly cloudy skies.
2/27/2010 8:43 AM T T T 3.5 0.63 We had a few mid morning snow flurries yesterday, then skies generally became more clear by afternoon. The high temperature was a more seasonable 29.5° F and the low this morning was 3.6° F under mostly clear skies. The present temperature is 4° F and skies remain mostly clear.
2/28/2010 8:00 AM T T T 3.0 0.60 We had very light snow before dawn which amounted to only a trace. The temperatures have warmed considerably. The high yesterday under mostly cloudy skies was 22.3° F, and cooled only to 20.6° F overnight. The present temperature is 22.7° F under cloudy skies.
3/1/2010 8:26 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 3.0 0.61 Light mid day snow showers gave us 0.1 inch of snow, but amounts appear to have been slightly higher in more coastal Kenai. The high yesterday was 30.2° F and cooled to 24.7° F. It has warmed to 32° F under mostly cloudy skies.
3/2/2010 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 2.5 0.59 A few sprinkles and flurries occurred before dawn this morning as temperatures hovered around 32° F. Yesterday's high was 41.8° F under cloudy skies, the overnight low was 30.0° F and the present temperature under cloudy skies is 40° F.
3/3/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.0 0.57 Cloudy skies yesterday gave way to partial clearing overnight, allowing the temperature to drop from a high yesterday of 43.5° F to 30.4° F overnight
3/4/2010 8:58 AM 0.25 3.5 0.21 4.5 0.76 We had light snow late yesterday morning starting at 10:15 a.m., ending at 11:45 a.m., and which melted during the afternoon as the high temperature reached 41.4° F. Overnight, the temperature cooled to 20.3° F, and moderate snow developed before dawn. There was some blowing and drifting, which is resulting in a lower core value than that recorded in the 4" gage. The snow ended just prior to this report, there are breaks in the overcast and the temperature is 20.4° F.
3/5/2010 8:58 AM 0.03 0.5 0.03 5.0 0.76 We had yet another early morning snow, much more brief and less intense than yesterday morning's snow. The snow ended just before this observation. Cooler temperatures yesterday held just under freezing for the high (30.6° F) and overnight the low dropped to 18.7° F before midnight, then climbed during the night to an early morning reading of 29.8° F. Although snow has ended, skies remain cloudy.
3/6/2010 7:36 AM 0.15 2.3 0.15 5.5 0.91 Snow and blowing snow began during the late afternoon yesterday and ended after midnight. The blowing and drifting has made an accurate snow depth tally difficult. The high yesterday was 38.7° F and the low this morning, which is also the present temperature, is 19.0° F under cloudy skies. The snow and wind have abated.
3/7/2010 7:48 AM 0.01 0.3 0.01 5.5 0.89 Snow showers, along with blowing and drifting snows have ended, at least for now. After afternoon and early evening snow showers ended, skies gradually cleared overnight. The high temperature yesterday hovered in the low 20's and dropped to around 10° F overnight. The present temperature is 11° F under mostly clear skies.
3/8/2010 8:58 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 6.5 0.88 Clear skies yesterday morning clouded over by late afternoon in Soldotna. Light snow and blowing snow began before dawn this morning. Moderate snow has just developed. It is difficult to get an accurate reading due to drifting. Temperatures are in the low 20's after a high yesterday of 27.9° F and an overnight low of 17.3° F
3/9/2010 8:38 AM 0.09 1.3 0.09 7.0 0.97 Snow and blowing snow dropped 2.5 inches and impeded travel in Soldotna yesterday during near blizzard conditions late yesterday morning. The snow tapered off during the afternoon and there were brief periods of bright sunshine. Clouds dropped an additional 1.3 inches of snow overnight and winds have picked up again. The snow is diminishing at this time. The high temperature yesterday reached 30.1° F but has dropped to 13.6° F this morning, which is the current temperature. The barometer fell to 28.40 inches of mercury and I measured a peak wind gust of 26 m.p.h. during yesterdays storm.
3/10/2010 8:00 AM T T T 7.0 0.94 Snow flurries ended just after the time of yesterday morning's observation, skies cleared and it has turned cold. The high yesterday during the afternoon was in the middle teens, and dropped to -12.1° F for the coldest night of the winter, exceeding the November 17, 2009 low of -10.8° F. The temperature is warming today in bright sun, but should remain well below freezing during the warmest part of the day.
3/11/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.0 0.92 Mostly clear, cold weather dominated the Soldotna area yesterday. The high temperature reached 20.4° F under partly cloudy skies. Mostly clear skies allowed the temperature to drop to -11.5° F. Temperatures are on the rise this morning and we have partly cloudy skies.
3/12/2010 8:31 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 6.0 0.92 Light snow and flurries fell during mid day Thursday, and temperatures were cold. The high reached 20.4° F before dropping to -7.7° F under clear skies overnight. Skies remain clear at the present time and the temperature has risen to -5° F.
3/13/2010 8:33 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 0.89 Mostly clear, continued cold weather remained in Soldotna yesterday. We had bright sunshine during the day, some high clouds during the evening, and clearing skies overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 23.7° F, and the overnight low was 3.6° F, and was the first above zero degree night since March 9.
3/14/2010 7:38 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 0.88 Milder temperatures and increasingly cloudy skies have been apparent in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. We reached 27.6° F yesterday and dropped to 14.8° F overnight as opposed to single digits and subzero temperatures last week. The present temperature is 19° F under cloudy skies.
3/15/2010 8:00 AM 0.08 1.3 0.08 6.0 0.93 Soldotna had snow late in the morning between 8:15 a.m. and 11:50 a.m., then again during the evening from about 10 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. The morning snow brought 0.8 inches, and the evening snow added another 0.5 inch. Each snow event totalled 0.04 inches of liquid precipitation. The high yesterday reached 33.0° F and cooled to 13.4° F this morning, which is the present temperature. Skies have become partly cloudy.
3/16/2010 8:37 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 0.88 Sunny mild weather yesterday was followed by a clear, but chilly overnight in Soldotna. The high yesterday reached 45.7° F and cooled to 13.7° F overnight. It has warmed only slightly to 14° F under clear skies at the present time.
3/17/2010 8:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 0.82 Beautiful weather with another mild day and clear, starry night was abundant in Soldotna yesterday. The high temperature reached 47.1° F and cooled to the present temperature of 10.0° F. Skies remain clear.
3/18/2010 8:19 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 0.77 Another clear day yesterday boosted our temperature in Soldotna to a seasonably mild 46.2° F yesterday. Mostly clear skies overnight allowed our temperature to drop to 20.0° F. The temperature has risen to 27° F under mostly clear skies.
3/19/2010 7:42 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 0.76 Mostly Cloudy skies and milder temperatures have returned to Soldotna. The high yesterday was 37.7° F but remained above freezing at 33.5° F overnight. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 35° F.
3/20/2010 8:44 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.0 0.67 Clearing skies yesterday and clear skies overnight enabled a temperature range in excess of 30 degrees. The high yesterday was 48.3° F, the warmest day since Oct 24, 2009, and the overnight low was 16.9° F. The present temperature under sunny skies is 19° F.
3/21/2010 7:56 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.5 0.62 Some high cloudiness moved in over Soldotna yesterday, and high thin cloudiness obscured the sky overnight. Temperatures were mild yesterday, reaching a high of 46.8° F, and chilled to a low of 21.6° F overnight. The present temperature is 23° F under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
3/22/2010 8:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.5 0.57 High clouds held the high temperature closer to the seasonal average yesterday. We peaked at 41.6° F, then dropped to 17.6° F this morning under high thin clouds. The presetn temperature is 20° F under high thin clouds.
3/23/2010 8:18 AM T T T 3.0 0.53 We had a trace of snow around midnight from flurries. The high yesterday under mostly cloudy skies reached 39.9° F and cooled to 27.0° overnight, which is also the present temperature under cloudy skies.
3/24/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.0 0.47 Mostly cloudy skies held our maximum temperature to 38.3° F. Partially clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to drop to 26.6° F which is also the present temperature. Skies remain partly cloudy
3/25/2010 8:42 AM 0.03 0.3 0.03 3.0 0.48 Light snow occurred overnight, and ended before dawn. Skies remain cloudy this morning. The high yesterday was 44.6° F and the overnight low was 27.4° F. The present temperature is 28° F.
3/26/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.5 0.43 Clearing skies yesterday and a starry sky overnight allowed temperatures to fluctuate substantially. We reached 46.1° F yesterday and dropped to a chilly 17.2° F overnight. The present temperature is 20° F under sunny skies.
4/7/2010 8:00 AM 0.03 0.2 0.03 0.8 0.17 We had intervals of light snow and snow flurries yesterday. Temperatures held to the mid 30's. The snow activity diminished by early evening, and partial clearing overnight allowed temperatures to drop to the upper teens.
4/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had clearing skies in Soldotna yesterday morning, and cool northerly and westerly breezes kept temperatures from climbing above 37° F in the afternoon. This mornings low has dropped to 14.6° F (so far) under clear skies.
4/9/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear cool weather continued in Soldotna yesterday. We reached 40.4° F and chiled to 15.6° F under clear skies overnight. The temperature has warmed to 24° F under sunny skies.
4/10/2010 8:38 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were clear yesterday, but high cloudiness encroached on Soldotna overnight. The high yesterday reached 45.5° F and dropped to 20.7° F overnight. The present temperature is 25° F under mostly cloudy skies.
4/11/2010 8:25 AM 0.15 0.1 0.12 0.1 0.12 Wet snow mixed with rain overnight totalled about 0.1 inch of slush this morning. The high temperature yesterday reached 44.1° F and dropped to 33.0° F early this morning. The present temperature is 35° F under cloudy skies.
4/12/2010 8:06 AM 0.07 T T 0.0 0.00 Rain mixed with snow continued yesterday until late afternoon. There was no additional snow accumulation, and what had fallen earlier melted as the high temperature rose to 41.2° F. We cooled to 32.4° F overnight and the present temperature is 34° F. We had a brief light shower again this morning within the last hour.
4/13/2010 8:47 AM 0.14 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A light shower occurred during the morning, it became briefly sunny, then more steady rain moved in during the late afternoon and evening. The high temperature reached 41.8° F and fell to 34.2° F overnight. The skies cleared partially before dawn, and the present temperature is 37° F under partly cloudy skies.
4/14/2010 8:58 AM 0.37 4.7 0.37 4.7 0.37 Moderate snow developed in Soldotna after midnight and is continuing. The present temperature is 30.8° F. The 4.7 inches of snow is the heaviest single day snow total of the 2009-2010 winter.
4/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.04 0.3 0.04 0.5 0.14 Light snow tapered off to showers and after additional light accumulation, melted as it fell. The storm total including the 4.7 inches reported yesterday was 5.0 inches, and a substantial amount of it melted during the afternoon. Snow showers ended just before noon, it became partly cloudy during the afternoon, and cleared overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 39.0° F and cooled to 27.1° F overnight. The present temperature is 30° F under clear skies.
4/16/2010 8:42 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were clear during much of the day yesterday but high clouds moved in late and thickened overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 38.6° F and cooled to 28.9° F overnight. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 32° F.
4/17/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had cloudy, windy and cool weather in Soldotna yesterday. The high temperature was 41.0° F and the overnight low was 34.6° F. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 40° F.
4/18/2010 7:53 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We continued having cloudy, windy and rather cool weather in Soldotna yesterday. The temperature reached a high of 45.1° F and dropped to 36.9° F overnight. The present temperature is 40° F and skies have become partly cloudy. There is still some wind as there has been for the past several days.
4/19/2010 8:43 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were partly cloudy yesterday and some clearing overnight allowed temperatures to fluctuate more markedly. The high temperature yesterday was 54.6°, warmest since October 12, 2009. Temperatures chilled to 27.2° F overnight, and have warmed to 33° F under mostly cloudy skies at the present time.
4/20/2010 8:30 AM 0.07 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Late afternoon showers passed through the Soldotna area late yesterday afternoon. The high temperature was 48.0° F in the early afternoon before clouds lowered. Skies cleared around dusk and allowed the temperature to drop to 25.4° F earlier this morning. Skies are partly cloudy at this time and the temperature has risen to 30° F.
4/21/2010 8:51 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy dry weather was prevalent in Soldotna yesterday. Clouds lowered late in the day. The temperature reached 49.4° F yesterday and dropped to 36.4° F overnight. The present temperature is 37° F under cloudy skies.
4/22/2010 8:36 AM 0.47 0.2 0.05 0.2 0.05 Soldotna picked up precipitation during four distinct events. The first was a sleet shower from 2:35 p.m. yesterday until 3:00 p.m. This stopped briefly then was followed by a rain shower from 3:00 p.m until 3:15 p.m. A third rain event commenced about 9:00 p.m. and lasted until about 10:45 p.m. A final snow event this morning started at 6:55 a.m. and has changed to very light rain continuing at the present time.
4/23/2010 8:36 AM 0.09 T T T T Snow, sleet and rain showers gradually diminished late in the day and skies were partly cloudy overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 44.6° F and we dropped to 28.8° F overnight. The present temperature is 34° F under partly cloudy skies.
4/24/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies cleared in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. The afternoon high temperature reached 46.1 and cooled to 24.8° F overnight. The present temperature is 28° F under sunny skies.
4/25/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly clear weather and more springlike temperatures yesterday yielded to clouds overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 51.8°, and we dropped to 32.6° F overnight. The present temperature is 38° F under cloudy skies.
4/26/2010 8:07 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy, windy and cooler weather was prevalent in Soldotna yesterday, but there was no rain. The high temperature reached 45.1° F, but cooled only to 41.7° F under clouds overnight. The present temperature is 44° F under cloudy skies.
4/27/2010 8:15 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a sprinkle between 4:55 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. yesterday. Temperatures reached 54.5° F for the second warmest of the month (and year) before cooling to 39.0° F overnight. The skies cleared partially overnight allowing the near full moon to shine brightly at times. The present temperature is 41° F under cloudy skies.
4/28/2010 8:10 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkles and very light showers fell early yesterday evening, after a high temperature of 62.1° F. This reading was the warmest since Oct 12, 2009, which was also the warmest day that month. Clouds overnight allowed for a mild early morning low of 39.7° F. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 41° F.
4/29/2010 8:20 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light mid day showers, and early evening showers occurred yesterday in Soldotna. The mid day showers commenced just before noon and ended early in the afternoon. The evening showers commenced before 6 p.m. and ended before sunset. The high yesterday reached 57.5° F and cooled to 40.8° F overnight. The present temperature is 42° F under cloudy skies.
4/30/2010 8:58 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light late afternoon and early evening showers ushered in cooler air overnight. Before the showers, the high temperature reached 53.4° F. Overnight, however, we chilled to 33.1° F. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 39° F.
5/1/2010 8:55 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Showers once again developed during the afternoon in Soldotna. Skies were mostly clear during the morning, but towering cumulus quickly coalesced into cumulonimbus clouds. There was no lighting, however. The high reached only 48.2° F before cooling to 28.1° F this morning. The temperature has rebounded to 39° F under fair skies.
5/2/2010 8:13 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny morning skies yielded to afternoon cloudiness and showers inland, but Soldotna only received a trace of rain. Skies cleared toward evening and were mostly clear overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 50.2° F and chilled to 28.3° F overnight. The present temperature is 36° F under sunny skies.
5/3/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies remained partly to mostly sunny in Soldotna yesterday. Late afternoon altocumulus associated with heavier cloudiness near the Kenai Mountains drifted eastward over Soldotna but there was no rain. The high temperature reached 51.2° F and chilled to 32.6° F under clearing skies overnight. The present temperature is 45° F under sunny skies.
5/4/2010 8:53 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny weather yesterday and clear skies overnight allowed for a substantial fluctuation in temperature. We reached 57.7° F yesterday and chilled to 28.8° F overnight. The present temperature has rebounded to 46° F under sunny skies.
5/5/2010 8:18 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny weather yesterday and mostly clear skies overnight in Soldotna once again allowed a wide temperature fluctuation. The high temperature yesterday reached 59.1° F and dropped to 31.2° F overnight. The present temperature is 36° F under mostly sunny skies.
5/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.26 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A brief shower early yesterday evening dropped 0.01 inch between 7:00 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Heavier showers overnight dropped the remaining quarter inch of rain. The high yesterday reached 59.9° F and cooled to 36.9° F. The preesent temperatature is essentially unchanged from the overnight low under cloudy skies with light drizzle.
5/7/2010 7:53 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light showers ended yesterday morning, and skies gradually cleared. The high reached 56.5° F and dropped to 35.5° F overnight under partly cloudy skies. The present temperature has rebounded to 43° F under partly cloudy skies.
5/8/2010 8:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a trace of rain from sprinkles in Soldotna around mid-afternoon. Skies cleared in the evening and were clear overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 57.8° F and the overnight low cooled to 34.3° F. The present temperature has rebounded to 43° F under sunny skies.
5/9/2010 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear skies yesterday and overnight allowed the high temperature to peak at 55.2° F and chill to 30.8° F. The present temperature has risen to 34° F under sunny skies. Any cloudiness yesterday was limited to the Kenai Mountains where towering cumulus and small cumulonminbus spawned isolated showers.
5/10/2010 8:23 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear skies during the day yielded to high clouds by late day. The high temperature reached 55°.0 F and the low temperature reached 31.3° F. High clouds continued to increase overnight and remain this morning, and the temperature has risen to 40° F under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
5/11/2010 8:34 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Early morning showers began and ended before sunrise. The high yesterday as clouds thickened was 55.2° F and the overnight low was 39.7° F. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 43° F.
5/12/2010 8:28 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had cloudy, windy weather in Soldotna yesterday. The high temperature reached 53.6° F and cooled to only 44.0° F as clouds remained. The present temperature has warmed only to 45° F and skies are cloudy.
5/13/2010 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A trace of rain fell in Soldotna yesterday during mid afternoon showers. Measurable rain appears to have fallen closer to the Cook Inlet, but slightly drier air inland and the rain shadow effect of the Kenai Mountains kept Soldotna essentially dry. The high yesterday reached 53.3° F and partial clearing overnight allowed the low temperature to drop to 32.6° F. The present temperature is 46° F under partly cloudy skies.
5/14/2010 8:58 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light mid afternoon showers in Soldotna dropped heavier amounts at locations closer to Cook Inlet than I recorded. The high temperature under windy, mostly cloudy skies peaked at 51.4° F and cooled to 38.7° F overnight. The present temperature has warmed to 45° F under mostly cloudy skies.
5/15/2010 8:17 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy, windy and cool weather held the high temperature to 53.2° F, while partial clearing overnight allowed the temperature to drop to 36.5° F. The ppresent temperature is 43° F under cloudy skies.
5/16/2010 8:27 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Soldotna had late afternoon and early evening rain showers which ended quickly. The high temperature reached 56.7° under partly cloudy skies before cumulus development during the mid and late afternoon. Overnight, the temperature cooled to 35.2° F under partly cloudy skies. The present temperature under partly to mostly cloudy skies has warmed to 42° F.
5/17/2010 8:20 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mid afternoon sprinkles accompanied continued cool, breezy weather after a partly cloudy morning. The high temperature reached 52.3° F and cooled to 40.0° F under cloudy skies. The present temperature is 43° F under cloudy skies.
5/18/2010 7:51 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy weather continued in Soldotna yesterday, but temperatures warmed to 57.4° F, the warmest reading since 57.8° F on May 7. The overnight low dropped to 36.2° F under mostly cloudy skies, and the temperature this morning has risen to 39° F under cloudy skies.
5/19/2010 8:26 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We finally broke 60 degrees with a high yesterday of 60.1° F as morning clouds dissipated sufficiently to allow for substantial afternoon sun. We dropped back to 40.3° F under partly cloudy skies overnight, and the present temperature has risen to 44° F under cloudy skies. Also, please note this is the last report I can send until approximately June 15, 2010.
6/18/2010 8:52 AM 0.12 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Intermittent rain showers continued in Soldotna yesterday and overnight. We have received 0.68 inches since rain and showers commenced on the evening of June 14. The total for the month after a dry first two weeks of June is now 0.85 inches, and has alleviated prevailing dry conditions.
6/19/2010 8:47 AM 0.27 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Intermittent rain showers during the day increased during the late afternoon and evening. The rainfall total during this very wet week is 0.94 inches, (in contrast from April 22-June 13, 2010 we received only 0.81 inches). Cloudy skies yesterday held the high temperature to 59.1° F and the overnight low under cloudy skies was 46.3° F. The present temperature os 50° F under cloudy skies.
6/20/2010 7:42 AM 0.25 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a post dawn break, rain showers commenced during the early afternoon and continued through much of the evening. We've picked up 1.19 inches of rain this past week, quite abundant for this time of the year. The high yesterday was 53.3° F and the overnight low as skies slowly cleared was 42.9° F. The present temperature is 47° F under partly sunny skies.
6/21/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Finally, a sunny, dry day, save an intervall of mid-day cloudiness that dissipated by sunset. The high temperature reached a much more palatable 65.8° F before dropping to a relatively chilly 40.1° F under clear skies. The present temperature is 52° F under sunny skies.
6/22/2010 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a brief sprinkle during the late afternoon yesterday as showers which developed near the Kenai Mountains moved westward. Areas east of Soldotna such as Sterling appear to have received measuable rainfall. Mostly sunny skies before afternoon cloud development, however, pushed our high temperature to 69.9° F and the overnight low held to 47.6° F as mid level altocumulus clouds developed. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 52° F.
6/23/2010 8:14 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A mixture of clouds and sun during the afternoon after a sunny morning yesterday allowed for a nice early summer day in Soldotna. Afternoon winds from the Cook Inlet cooled us from an earlier daytime high temperature of 63.2° F. Overnight, the temperature dropped to 47.1° F. The present temperature has risen to 51° F under mostly cloudy skies.
6/24/2010 8:39 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had partial sun amidst variably cloudy skies in Soldotna yesterday. Cool winds from the west north west held the high temperature to 61.7° F and overnight, the temperature dropped to 44.1 under partly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 52° F under variably cloudy skies.
6/25/2010 8:58 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light showers began after midnight and light drizzle is still continuing. The high temperature yesterday as clouds increased late was 62.5° F. It cooled only to 47.4° F overnight under cloudy skies and showers. it is not possible to determine when the heavier rain occurred since pre-dawn activity has registered only two hundredth of an inch three hours apart.
6/26/2010 8:58 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain began during the late evening and is still continuing, although it has diminished to light sprinkles. The high temperature yesterday reached 64.6° F yesterday, and for the first time this year, did not cool below 50° F, bottoming out at 50.2° F. The present temperature under cloudy drizzly skies is 51° F.
6/27/2010 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkles yesterday morning and again this morning have given us a trace of precipitation. The high temperature under mostly cloudy skies was 61.4° F, and skies became partly cloudy late in the afternoon. The low temperature overnight under increasingly cloudy skies was 47.9° F. The present temperature is 53° F under cloudy, drizzly skies.
6/28/2010 8:56 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain began yesterday morning and continued until mid evening. Temperatures were quite cool as a result, reaching a high of only 54.5° F before cooling to only 47.1° F overnight. The present temperature is 52° F under cloudy skies.
6/29/2010 8:58 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had light showers this morning just after sunrise. Rain ended about one hour after it started and skies now show breaks in the overcast. The high temperature yesterday was 62.2° F and didn't occur until 6:50 p.m. as clouds much of the day dissipated. The overnight low was 48.4 under partly cloudy to variably cloudy skies. The present temperature is 56° F.
6/30/2010 8:38 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We received 0.02 inches in an early afternoon shower yesterday. Other showers in the vicinity missed us. Skies remained mostly cloudy throughout the day. The high temperature reached 59.9° F and fell to 48.2° F under cloudy skies overnight. The present temperature is 52° F under cloudy skies.
7/1/2010 8:41 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Yesterday Soldotna enjoyed a brief break from cloudiness and showers which had occurred earlier in the week. The high temperature reached 61.7° and cooled to 47.7° F overnight. This overnight low was just before 1 a.m. and the temperature began to rise very slowly thereafter due to increasing cloudiness. The present temperature is 50° F under cloudy skies.
7/2/2010 8:58 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain began just after midnight and ended just after sunrise. It is still cloudy. Yesterday's high was 61.5° around 1 p.m. during a brief interval of sunshine before clouds thickened. The low temperature was 48.8° during light rain and cloudy skies around 5 a.m. this morning. The present temperature is 52° F.
7/3/2010 8:13 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain early this morning began before sunrise and has ended. Skies yesterday were cloudy, and there were light afternoon sprinkles. The high yesterday reached 59.1° F and cooled to 48.7° F this morning under cloudy skies. The present temperature is 51° F under cloudy skies.
7/4/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Dry weather returned to Soldotna yesterday. The day was mostly cloudy, but clouds gradually thinned during the day and allowed for partly cloudy skies overnight. The high yesterday was 59.1° F before cooling to 48.5° F overnight. The present temperature is 57° F under partly sunny skies.
7/5/2010 8:48 AM 0.07 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had light showers around 4 p.m. which ended around 5:30 which dropped 0.01 inche. Rain began again early in the evening, and continued until after midnight. The high temperature was 62.7° following a partly sunny morning and early afternoon. The temperature dropped to 48.6° F overnight, and skies have become partly sunny again this morning. The present temperature is 57° F and the wind has increased from the south from near calm last evening to around 6 m.p.h.
7/6/2010 8:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had light rain late in the evening which ended early this morning. It is not determined when the heaviest rain occurred because of the long slow duration during which only 0.02 inches fell. Skies were cloudy during the day yesterday but the temperature warmed to its highest temperature for the month so far, topping out at 64.3° F. The overnight low dropped to 45.3° F for the coolest temperature so far this month. The present temperature is 56° F under partly sunny skies.
7/7/2010 7:23 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy skies held force throughout the day despite rapidly moving, locally moderate scattered showers. Showers however dropped only a trace of rain in Soldotna during the early evening. The high temperature yesterday was 63.3° F and dropped to 45.9° F overnight under partly cloudy skies. The present temperature under cloudy skies is 49° F.
7/8/2010 8:16 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had 0.03 inches of rain from showers which began before noon and which ended early in the afternoon. Light rain has commenced again around 15 minutes ago, but has added only an additional trace so far. The high yesterday was 63.8° F and the overnight low was 52.6° F which is the warmest overnight of the summer. The present temperature is 55° F.
7/9/2010 7:56 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light morning showers yesterday were just enough to be measurable. Skies cleared later in the day and remained so overnight. The high temperature yesterday was 62.8° F but cooled to 38.4° F overnight, the coolest July morning since a 36.1° F on July 1, 2008. The temperature has risen to 46° F under sunny skies.
7/10/2010 8:54 AM 0.19 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a beautiful day in Soldotna which gave us a 72.7° F high (warmest since 75.6° F on May 29, and the first 70 reading in June or July) the clouds, and rain returned. We picked up 0.04 inches before midnight, the rain stopped temporarily, then we received another 0.15 by around sunrise. The overnight low was 51.1° F for the first 50+ overnight in July. The present temperature is 54° F under mostly cloudy skies with an occasional sunbeam.
7/11/2010 8:29 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a light mid afternoon shower, and it turned cooler late. The high was 62.9° F and the overnight low was 45.5° F. The skies cleared overnight and are partly sunny this morning. The temperature has risen to 51° F.
7/12/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a beautiful day in Soldotna yesterday. After decreasing clouds in the morning, the afternoon and overnight was sunny with the exception of clouds over the Kenai Mountains. The high temperature, 72.9° F was the warmest to date for July, and the overnight low dropped to 45.8° F under clear skies. The present temperature has rebounded to 52° F under sunny skies.
7/13/2010 8:52 AM 0.11 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain and showers began late evening and are continuing at the present time. Before the clouds and showers arrived, the high temperature yesterday reached 67.9° F under sunny skies. The overnight low under cloudy, rainy skies was 51.2° F. The present temperature is 53° F.
7/14/2010 7:21 AM 0.14 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain continued throughout the day in Soldotna yesterday until early evening. Temperatures held to the 50's all day, capping at 59.1° F. The overnight low was 49.3° F under cloudy skies. The present temperature has risen to 52° F under cloudy skies.
7/15/2010 8:56 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had decreasing clouds during the morning, and a sunny afternoon. Skies also remained fair to partly cloudy overnight. The high temperature yesterday boosted to 69.0° F and the overnight low remained in the 50's at 53.0° F. The present temperature under partly sunny skies is 59° F.
7/16/2010 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a very nice summer day in Soldotna yesterday, with abundant sunshine. The high temperature reached 68.5° F and dropped to 47.0° F overnight under mostly clear skies. Low clouds have moved in early this morning, and the present temperature is 53° F.
7/17/2010 8:34 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning low clouds gave way to afternoon sunshine in weather somewhat reflective of a West Coast Marine climate. The high temperature reached 63.9° F under sunny skies before dropping to 45.5° F this morning. Skies were clear during much of the overnight, but low clouds have returned this morning. The present temperature is 50° F.
7/18/2010 7:45 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After another day reminiscent of west coast marine influences, the weather yielded to rain overnight. Yesterday's high was a coolish 59° F and overnight we remained just above 50° F as low clouds returned then rain from higher, thicker clouds began.
7/19/2010 8:58 AM 0.46 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Copious rain which had commenced early morning yesterday continued until early evening, dropping more rain in a single day since the Dec 1 2009 very heavy, wet snow/rain event which dropped 1.32 inches of liquid precipitation. The amount since yesterday morning's observation was 0.40, then it rained again overnight dropping another 0.06 inches. Temperatures have not fluctuated significantly under clouds and rain. The high yesterday was 57.6° F, the low this morning dropped only 5 degrees to 52.6° F, and the present temperature under cloudy skies with light drizzle is 54° F.
7/20/2010 8:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain starting late evening and ending just after midnight dropped an additional 0.01 inch on top of the generally rainy period which commenced early on the morning of the 18th. Temperatures have remained cool, holding to 59.9° F before dropping to 52.0° F overnight. The present temperature is 54° F under cloudy skies.
7/21/2010 8:58 AM 0.46 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had 0.44 inches before midnight and 0.02 inches after midnight in what has become a very wet July. We have received 1.02 inches of rain since early Sunday Morning July 18th. The high temperature again remained below 60° F topping at 59.5° F. Some partial clearing after the rain ended early this morning allowed for temperatures to drop below 50° F to 49.3° F. The present temperature has risen to 54° F under partly sunny skies.
7/22/2010 8:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Finally, a dry day. We've picked up 1.65 inches this month, with 10 days left to go in the month, and the normal for the entire month is 1.34 inches. The high yesterday under mostly sunny skies was a very pleasant 66.3° F and the morning low under partly cloudy skies was 46.6° F. Skies at the present time are partly to mostly cloudy, and the temperature has risen to 56° F.
7/23/2010 8:58 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A light shower occurred late in the afternoon as clouds moved eastward from the inland areas of the Kenai Peninsula. Heavier showers appear to have fallen further inland but the clouds dissipated as they moved toward the marine effect of cool Cook Inlet waters. Waning daytime heating also played a factor. The high temperature reached 61.3° F before dropping to 46.1° F overnight as skies cleared. The present temperature under sunny skies has risen to 58° F.
7/24/2010 8:48 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a warm sunny morning, the afternoon became cloudy, windy and cool, and there was a light mid afternoon shower. The high temperature, 63.2° F, was at 10:30 a.m. We dropped to 51.2° this morning under cloudy skies. The present temperature is 53º F under continued cloudy skies.
7/25/2010 7:48 AM 0.22 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain began just after noon yesterday and continued until just after 10 p.m. It began again just before 5 a.m. this morning and is continuing at the present time. The high temperature, 53.5° F was the coolest high temperature for the month. The clouds and rain allowed the temperature to cool only to 49.3° F overnight. Clouds and rain have kept the temperature cool as the present temperature has risen only to 50° F.
7/26/2010 8:58 AM 0.44 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We are beginning to near the July 2008 record of 2.98 inches of rain, and have now recorded 2.32 inches for July. The light rain during yesterday morning's observation ended about 1:30 p.m. Rain started again just before midnight, and it's still raining right now. Its been cool, too, as yesterday managed (only) and even 60.0° F and the overnight low, as expected with all the clouds and rain, dropped only to 50.6° F. The present temperature with rain is 52° F.
7/27/2010 8:38 AM 0.28 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain, at one point heavy, continued from yesterday morning's observation until mid afternoon. The high temperature was once again held down, peaking only at 54.8° F under clouds and rain, and cooled only to 50.1° F under cloudy skies. There are breaks in the overcast this morning, and the present temperature is 52° F.
7/28/2010 8:58 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain started within the last hour. Partly sunny skies yesterday afternoon boosted our high temperature to 63.7° F. Clouds moved in during the evening. The temperature dropped to 48.8° F around 6 a.m. this morning and has risen to 51° F.
7/29/2010 8:58 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a light late afternoon shower after a mostly cloudy day. Clouds continued overnight and it is still cloudy. The high temperature was 59.1° F before dropping to 49.7° F overnight. The present temperature is 53° F.
7/30/2010 8:58 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 As with the day before, we had another mid afternoon shower yesterday. There was some partial clearing late in the afternoon, but clouds returned at night with light drizzle around midnight. The high yesterday managed to exceed 60° F, peaking at 60.4° F before cooling to 52.4° F overnight under cloudy skies. The present temperature is 58° F under cloudy skies.
7/31/2010 8:58 AM 0.39 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We did it this time for real! The 0.39 inches of rain in Soldotna has boosted us to 3.04 inches for the month, which breaks the old record of 2.98 inches set in July 2008. And, it's raining at the present time! The high temperature yesterday before the soggy weather began around noon was at 10:45 a.m. when we reached 64.4° F. The rain was continuous until 12:40 a.m. and ended until it began again at around 8:10 a.m. this morning, and by the time of the observation, only an additional trace had fallen. Clouds the remainder of the day and overnight surpressed further heating and temperature fluctuations, allowing the overnight low to bottom out at a balmy 54.0° F, mildest overnight of the year. The present temperature is 55° F as numerous showers continue.
8/1/2010 8:00 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 July, 2010 was the wettest July since I've started records (October 1, 2004). We received 3.05 inches for the month, thanks to an additional 0.01 before midnight (and 0.07 after midnight). Temperatures were relatively mild considering the clouds and rain, topping at 61.7° F before dropping to 52.4° F overnight. The average high temperature for July was also a record low, even less than July 2008 by a few tenths of a degree. The present temperature is 53° F under cloudy skies.
8/2/2010 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We finally emerged from a string of consecutive rainy days, recording only a trace of precipitation in a late evening sprinkle. There were some splashes of sun during the afternoon before clouds returned late the afternoon. The high temperature reached 64.5° F before dropping to 53.2° F overnight. The present temperature is 56° F under cloudy skies.
8/3/2010 8:48 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain returned within the passt few hours this morning and is continuing. Warmer weather preceeded the return of clouds late yesterday, and we peaked at 69° F for the warmest since July 14. The overnight low dropped to 49.3° F and the present temperature has risen to 54° F.
8/4/2010 7:15 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had showers around 3 p.m. which dropped 0.01 inch, more around 6:30 p.m. which dropped 0.02 inch and steadier rain which commenced early this morning, which is continuing and which has dropped 0.05 inch. The high yesterday against warm and humid conditions reached 68.2° F and the overnight low, warmest of the summer, was 56.0° F under cloudy skies. The present temperature is 57° F.
8/5/2010 8:48 AM 0.29 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain ceased by mid afternoon yesterday, then showers returned overnight before ending early this morning. The high temperature reached 64.1° F before dropping to 50.2° F this morning. The present temperature is 52° F and this skies have become partly sunny.
8/6/2010 8:58 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a partly sunny afternoon yesterday, clouds returned during the evening, and rain returned this morning. The high yesterday managed 63.9° F before dropping to 51.8° F overnight. The present temperature is essentially unchanged at 52° F
8/7/2010 8:35 AM 0.15 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain in the morning tapered to showers in the afternoon. There was partial clearing overnight. The high yesterday was 59.1° F and the low this morning was 50.2° F. The present temperature is 55° F under partly cloudy skies.
8/8/2010 7:46 AM 0.07 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain fell during the afternoon, following a sunny morning. The high temperature stayed cool, reaching only 58.1° F. Partial clearing overnight allowed the temperature to drop to 49.7° F. The present temperature is 51° F under partly sunny skies.
8/9/2010 8:40 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a partly sunny morning, skies clouded up. Brief but moderate rain showers fell during the afternoon, and there was another brief shower around midnight. The high temperature managed 61.9° F before the rain, and cloudy skies overnight held the low temperature to a fairly balmy 52.4° F. The present temperature is 55° F under cloudy skies.
8/10/2010 8:58 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A few light late afternoon intervals of drizzle interspersed with light showers provided additional precipitation yesterday. Highs were balmy thanks to brief sun at mid-day, and reached 65.8° F. Cloudy skies overnight kept temperatures in the 50's, and we bottomed out at 51.2° F. The present temperature is 53° F under cloudy skies.
8/11/2010 7:12 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After brief morning sun, clouds returned by mid day and showers fell during much of the afternoon. Skies remained cloudy overnight. The high temperature yesterday was only 57.4° F and clouds overnight held us to a fairly mild 50.8° F. It is cloudy this morning and the temperature has risen only slightly to 52° F.
8/12/2010 8:28 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light sprinkles occurred yesterday morning around 9:30 a.m., and then skies became partly cloudy in the afternoon. The high yesterday reached 64.8° F and cooled to 51.5° F under partly to mostly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 52° F under cloudy skies.
8/13/2010 7:38 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain fell starting shortly after 9 a.m., but ended around noon. The afternoon high under cloudy skies was 60.7° F and dropped to 52.4° under mostly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 54° F under cloudy skies.
8/14/2010 8:58 AM 0.29 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain started during the afternoon and continued until around midnight. The high temperature reached 61.2° F and dropped to 54.3° F overnight under mostly cloudy skies. The present temperature is a mild 58° F under partly to mostly cloudy skies, with sun breaks.
8/15/2010 7:37 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A lat morning shower added to our days of measurable precipitation so far in August, now at 12. The high reached 69.2° F under muggy, warm and humid conditions, and had there been more sun, a 70° F or more could have been a likely reality. We cooled to 50.7 under partly to mostly cloudy skies overnight. The present temperature is 51° F under cloudy skies.
8/16/2010 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Despite threatening skies, we managed to eke out a dry day, only the second such day in August. Also, the temperature reached 70.2° F which broke the 70 degree barrier for the first time since a 72.9° F on July 11, 2010. Clouds kept the overnight low in the lwo 50's as we bottomed out at 51.5° F. The present temperature is 52° F under cloudy skies.
8/17/2010 8:28 AM 0.15 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain occurred late yesterday morning, again late in the afternoon and once again early this morning. Amounts were light in each instance, with the most protracted occurring early this morning and which is still continuing. The high yesterday under cloudy skies was 57.9° F before cooling to 51.2° F this morning. The present temperature is 52° F.
8/18/2010 8:58 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain came to an end shortly after the morning observation yesterday. Skies cleared toward afternoon and the high reached 64.3° F. Clearing skies overnight allowed us to drop to 48.4° F for the coolest overnight of the month and coolest since July 23. The present temperature under sunny skies is 55° F.
8/19/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Finally, a dry day! It was sunny and summerlike with the high temperature boosting to 69.5° F. We dropped to a chilly 40.5° F overnight under clear skies for the coolest since a 38.4° F on July 9. The present temperature has rocketed to 57° F under clear skies.
8/20/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A mostly sunny, warm day yesterday was followed by an even more chilly overnight. The high yesterday was 66.9° F and dropped to 39.3° F under clear skies. This is now the coolest overnight of the month. The present temperature has boosted to 49° F under clear skies.
8/21/2010 8:46 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had yet another exquisite day in Soldotna with mostly clear skies and warm afternoon temperatures. The high reached 67.9° F and cooled to 43.2° F under mostly clear skies. The present temperature is 50° F under mostly sunny skies.
8/22/2010 7:47 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had early evening showers yesterday after a mostly sunny morning. Some partial clearing occurred overnight. The temperature reached 65.5° F yesterday before falling to 46° F overnight, which is also the current temperature. Skies are mostly cloudy this morning.
8/23/2010 8:48 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a brief late afternoon shower as towering cumulus morphed into small cumulonimbus clouds. Some areas likely received a bit more rain. Temperatures were seasonal, with the high reaching 65.0° F before dropping to 43.2° F overnight under mostly clear skies. The present temperature is 44° F under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
8/24/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies returned to Soldotna yesterday afternoon after a mostly cloudy morning. There were distant cumulonimbus to the east during the afternoon with some towering cumulus nearby, but Soldotna stayed dry. A thunderstorm moved southwest through Wasilla to Anchorage but dissipated with the onset of evening cooling. The high temperature reached 69.3° F and cooled to 41.2° F overnight under clear skies. It is presently 49° F under sunny skies.
8/25/2010 8:48 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny skies and northwesterly winds across land warmed us to 72.1° F which is the warmest temperature for August. Clear skies overnight dropped our temperature to 42.5° F. The temperature has rebounded to 51° F under sunny skies.
8/26/2010 8:36 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear skies and sinking air around high pressure boosted our temperature to 73.8° F, which was the 3rd highest high temperature this year. The overnight low dropped to 40.8° F under mostly clear skies. The present temperature is 45° with increasing high cloudiness.
8/27/2010 7:05 AM 0.03 0.0 0.03 0.0 0.00 Light rain which began earlier this morning is continuing, after clouds increased yesterday and lowered overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 64.8° F and cooled to a fairly mild 51.6° F overnight due to clouds. The present temperature is 52° F.
8/28/2010 8:20 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain ended shortly after yesterday's report, but skies remained cloudy. The high temperature peaked at 59.9° F relatively late (6:20 p.m.) and dropped only to a mild 54.1 overnight under cloudy skies. The present temperature is 55° F under cloudy skies.
8/29/2010 7:38 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain began yesterday mid morning, tapered off late morning, then began again early in the afternoon. By mid afternoon, however, the rain stopped, and gradual clearing began. Clouds kept the high temperature below 60° F as we topped out at 59.1° F, before chilling to 39.3° F about 20 minutes ago. The present temperature under sunny skies is 40° F.
8/30/2010 8:24 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Bright sun was abundant in Soldotna yesterday. We peaked at 67.3° F and cooled to 40.4° F overnight under mostly clear skies. Clouds have moved in after sunrise this morning, and the present temperature is 42° F.
8/31/2010 8:25 AM 0.28 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A downpour late in the afternoon dropped copious rainfall for a short time yesterday as cumulominbus clouds abounded across the mid Kenai Peninsula. The 0.28 inch total during a 50 minute period fell just short of an 0.3 inch per hour intense precipitation report. However, the rainfall fell briefly at the rate of 2.55 inches per hour. The high temperature reached 65.6° F and cooled to 42.7° F overnight as skies cleared. Skies have clouded over again this morning and the present temperature has risen to 45° F.
9/1/2010 7:46 AM 0.16 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain commenced mid morning yesterday and ended early in the afternoon. The evening brought partial clearing and large towering cumulus with cumulonimbus calvus. Cumulus development continued even after sunset. The high of 56.9° F was not until around 7:20 p.m. thanks to the late day sun, and the overnight low under partl cloudy skies was 41.0° F. The present temperature is 42° F under mostly cloudy skies.
9/2/2010 8:27 AM 0.07 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Showers early this morning followed a variably cloudy day yesterday. The high temperature reached 66° F then dropped to a fairly mild 46.2° F under mostly cloudy skies overnight. The present temperature under partly sunny skies is 49° F.
9/3/2010 8:43 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies became mostly sunny yesterday and there was no additional rain after the amount sent in with yesterday's report. The high temperature reached 65.7° F and dropped to 47° F overnight. The present temperature is 48° F under partly cloudy skies.
9/4/2010 8:58 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain early this morning ended before dawn and it remains cloudy. Yesterday, however, was a mostly sunny days with the high temperature reaching 64.6° F. The overnight low under cloudy skies was a relatively mild 49.2° F, and the present temperature is 50° F.
9/5/2010 8:08 AM 0.34 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Intermittent rain yesterday and overnight has minimized the temperature range. Rain started about 10:30 a.m and ended about 1 p.m. It started again about 9 p.m. and ended about 10:50 p.m. Most recently it began just before 4 a.m. and is continuing. The high yesterday was 55.7° F and the overnight low was 50.8° F. The present temperature is 51° F and rain is continuing.
9/6/2010 8:25 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain ended yesterday morning several hours after yesterdays report. Skies cleared and the temperature peaked late in the afternoon at a very pleasant 62.8° F under sunny skies. Clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to drop to 40.7° F. The present temperature is 42° F under mostly sunny skies.
9/7/2010 8:58 AM 0.39 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had a nice sunny day yesterday with the high reaching 68.4° F. The high temperature was the 3rd highest in September after a 71.9° F on Sep 4, 2009 and a 69.4° F on Sep 1, 2006. The overnight low was 53.1° F, elevated due to clouds which moved in late in the day and which brought rain which started shortly after midnight. The present temperature under rainy skies is 55° F.
9/8/2010 8:39 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain ended just after yesterday morning's observation. After intermittent drizzle mid day, skies slowly cleared, and it became more windy. The high temperature reacehd 65.2° F and cooled to a mild 50.9° F overnight under clear, but continued breezy conditions. Skies are partly cloudy at this time and the temperature is 53° F.
9/9/2010 8:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Evening sprinkles added a trace of rain yesterday after a day of variably cloudy skies. The high temperature reached 60.7° F and cooled to 47.8° F overnight under variably cloudy skies. The present temperature is 48° F under partly cloudy skies.
9/10/2010 8:24 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A brief interlude of sprinkles occurred mid-day as a diminishing band of showers moved southwest from the Mat-Su Valley across Anchorage. Skies were cloudy most of the day but cleared overnight. The high temperature yesterday reached 61.8° F and cooled to 39.4° F overnight. The present temperature under clear skies is 40° F.
9/11/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day, clear night. Warm during the day, and cool at night. High 67.6° F (10th), low 40.1° F (11th).
9/12/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny again, and clear at night. High (11th) 66.2° F, low overnight (12th) 39.4° F.
9/13/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Continued sunny and warm during the day, and cool at night. The high yesterday (12th) was 71.3° F and the low this morning was 38.4° F. The present temperature is 44° F under sunny skies.
9/14/2010 8:20 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear skies yesterday allowed the temperature once again to boost to near 70° with the high peaking at 69.2° F. The overnight low fell only to 45.1° F as fog developed late in the evening. Dense fog sufficient to produce very light drizzle is still obscuring visibility present this morning and the present temperature is 46° F. The fog has actually produced measurable precipitation (0.01 inch) from condensation, but I have amended an early report stating 0.01 to report only a 'Trace'.
9/15/2010 8:19 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Dense fog abated late yesterday morning, and the sun appeared about 4 p.m. The high temperature, 62.5° F was delayed unitl 6:30 p.m. The fog returned shortly after sundown, remained throughout the night, and is continuing at the present time. The overnight low was 38.7° F, which remains the present temperature.
9/16/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Dense fog dissipated yesterday morning a little earlier than it had on Tuesday Sep 14th. It returned once again around sunset, however. The high temperature, 62.9° F was late, not occuring until 6 p.m. The morning low (so far) is 35.3° F, which is the present temperature. The morning low is the coolest since May 26 when we dropped to 34.5° F. Stars are visible with light fog at the present time.
9/17/2010 8:30 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mornign fog yesterday cleared by afternoon, but returned at night. The high temperature was 64.9°, and a little earlier than previous days since the morning fog cleared earlier. The low overnight was 38.9° F and although fog was visible much of the night, skies have cleared this morning. The presetn temperature remains unchanged from the morning low.
9/18/2010 8:31 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After a brief respite from the overnight fog yesterday morning and last evening, it returned again early this morning. The high yesterday peaked at 63.3° F and dropped to 41.1° F just after midnight. The present temperature is 43° F with fog.
9/19/2010 8:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fog lingered through much of the morning yesterday but skies cleared by mid afternoon. The high temperature reached 62.8° F and has cooled to 33.0° F this morning so far, which is the present temperature. Skies remained clear overnight and the fog has not returned here this morning, but it is reported nearby (Nikiski, about 25 miles north).
9/20/2010 8:27 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fog was prevalent yesterday morning over much of the western Kenai Peninsula, resulting in a trace of precipitation. Several flights from Anchorage were cancelled. Skies cleared during the afternoon for several hours but clouds returned at night. Fog, however, does not appear to have lowered to ground level. The high temperature yesterday reached 57.9° F and cooled to 46.5° F overnight. The present temperature is 47° F under cloudy skies.
9/21/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 For the first time in seven days, the fog was not in Soldotna yesterday. Partly to mostly cloudy skies with altocumulus clouds prevailed yesterday. The high temperature reached 58.0° F and cooled to 43.4° F overnight under mostly cloudy skies. Skies are partly cloudy at the present time and the temperature is 44° F.
9/22/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Skies were mostly sunny in the morning, with variably to mostly cloudy skies in the afternoon. The high temperature reached 59.0° F and cooled to 41.7° F this morning under mostly cloudy skies. The present temperature is 45° F under cloudy skies with breaks in the overcast.
9/23/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 We had very light sprinkles during the afternoon and again early in the evening. Prevalent clouds were altocumulus with some towering cumulus. The high temperature reached 60.7° F and cooled to 43.0° F overnight under mostly cloudy skies. 43° is the present temperature and skies remain mostly cloudy.
9/24/2010 8:48 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny skies yesterday and mostly clear skies allowed us to hang onto summer even though yesterday was the first full day of fall. The high temperature yesterday peaked at 61.5° F anc cooled to 40.8° F overnight. The present temperature under sunny skeis, and somewhat breezy conditions is 42° F.
9/25/2010 8:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly clear skies were accompanied by windy conditions yesterday. The high temperature peaked at 53.0° F for the coolest high so far in September. Clouds increased overnight, and the winds have diminished considerably. The overnight low was 42.1° F and the present temperature under cloudy skies is 44° F.
9/26/2010 7:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 The winds died down giving us a pleasant day yesterday. The high temperature reached 56.5° F, but clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to drop to 27.2° F. This is the coldest temperature since a 24.8° F on April 24, 2010. The present temperature under clear skies is 29° F.
9/27/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear, windy and cool weather yesterday held our high temperature to 51.7° F. The winds died overnight and this morning's low was a very cold 22.5° F. This was the coldest morning since April 10, 2010 when we reached 20.7° F. The present temperature has rebounded to 30° F under sunny skies.
9/28/2010 8:58 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear skies but chilly conditions were prevalent in Soldotna yesterday. The winds diminished, but the high temperature reached only 47.8° F, which is the lowest high temperature since April 25, 2010. The overnight low was 24.0° F. under mostly clear skies. Towards dawn, however, high clouds moved in, and the ceiling is lowering this morning. The present temperature is 28° F under mostly cloudy skies.
9/29/2010 7:50 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 After an unbelievably long period without measurable rainfall (since Sep 7), light rain began early this morning. The high temperature yesterday reached 45.8° F and cooled to 39.2° F overnight, which is the present temperature.
9/30/2010 8:18 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Intermittent light rain ended right after yesterday morning's observation but showers resumed late in the morning. The showers continued throughout much of the day. Showers were minimal overnight. The temperatures held to a fairly close range, topping at 45.9° F before dropping to only 41.7° F overnight. The present temperature is 43° F under cloudy skies.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/11/2009 10/12/2009 8:00 AM 2 0.48 0.0 0.00 Rainfall was 0.07 on Oct 10 and 0.41 on Oct 11. Temperatures are starting to come down to more seasonal normals from highs in the upper 50's and lows in the upper 40's and low 50's. We still have not had any snow this winter season.
11/26/2009 11/29/2009 8:00 AM 4 0.29 3.6 0.32 We had light snow late November 25. Of this we had an estimated 0.8 inches melted to an estimated 0.05 inches liquid. The 26th was dry. On the 27th we had another estimated 0.05 inches of rain which turned to had an estimated 2.7 inches of snow. The snow when melted was an estimated 0.19 inches liquid.
12/8/2009 12/10/2009 8:00 AM 3 0.01 6.5 1.50 Clear weather occurred on Dec 8, but fog set in overnight Dec 8 and is continuing. Precipitation from fog and flurries has amounted to 0.2 inches of snow (0.01 inch precipitation). Temperatures include 13.8° F for the high and 5.1° F for the low on Dec 8, 24.1° F for the high and 11.8° F for the low Dec 9, and 21.7° F for the low so far this morning (Dec 10).
12/24/2009 12/27/2009 8:00 AM 4 0.05 5.0 1.76 All precipitation during the period was liquid precipitation on Christmas Morning, then late evening Christmas Night. Temperatures during all recorded precipitation were in the mid to upper 30's. Temperatures (in ° F) were Dec 23 High 36.9 Low 30.2, Dec 24 High 39.0 Low 28.9, Dec 25 High 39.0 Low 34.7, Dec 26 High 40.5 Low 28.4, and Dec 27 High just after midnight 40.2, Low before dawn 32.0.
3/27/2010 4/06/2010 8:00 AM 11 0.21 0.8 0.16 Rain fell on March 29th totalling 0.01 inch. Rain and snow fell on April 5th totalling 0.20 inch. Of this, 0.04 inches fell as rain, and 0.16 as snow melt.
5/20/2010 6/17/2010 8:00 AM 29 0.76 0.0 0.00 We received 0.03 inches on May 19, 0.01 inches on June 2, 0.06 inches on June 3, 0.07 inches on June 4, 0.03 inches on June 10, 0.10 inches on June 14, 0.37 inches on June 15, and 0.09 inches on June 16.
9/11/2010 9/13/2010 8:00 AM 3 0.00 0.0 0.00 The past 3 days have been essentially cloudless, with sunny warm days and clear cool nights. Temperature highs for the 10th, 11th and 12th were 67.6°, 66.2° F and 71.3° F respectively. Overnight lows for the 11th 12th and 13th were 40.1° F, 39.4° F and 38.7° F respectively.



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