1950 - A smoke pall from western Canada forest fires covered much of the eastern U.S. Daylight was reduced to nighttime darkness in parts of the Northeast. The color of the sun varied from pink to purple, blue, or lavendar. Yellow to grey-tan was common.
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Day: Rain. Cloudy, with a high near 56. Southeast wind 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Rain before 7pm, then rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Day: Rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 56. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Night: Rain showers before 1am, then rain. Cloudy, with a low around 48. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Day: Rain before 7am, then rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 53. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Night: Rain showers before 7pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Day: Rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 55.
Night: Rain showers before 4am, then rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 46.
Day: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54.
Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Day: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56.
Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Day: Rain likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.
Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.
SITKA
(0.4 miles away)
Biorka Island Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting Station, AK
Tue's High Temperature
108 at 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA and Death Valley, CA
Wed's Low Temperature
19 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; Russian: Ситка) is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the west side of Baranof Island and the south half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean (part of the Alaska Panhandle). As of the 2020 census, Sitka had a population of 8,458, making it the fifth-most populated city in the state.
With a consolidated land area of 2,870.3 square miles (7,434 square kilometers) and total area (including water) of 4,811.4 square miles (12,461 km2), Sitka is the largest city by total area in the U.S.
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