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ALASKA · KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH

Happy Valley

713 people, 900 ft above sea level in Kenai Peninsula Borough.

900 ftElevation, city center
713People, 2024 estimate
88 sq miLand area
Sunny 27°
Sunny now Dew point 24° · Calm · high 28°
City of Happy Valley River Interstate 2 miles
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The Happy Valley plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Happy Valley

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 9:00 AM AKST
RIGHT NOW Homer Airport (PAHO) · 10:53 AM
Sunny
27° Sunny Feels like 27° · high of 28° near 1 PM
WindCalmno gusts
Humidity89%falling to 71% this afternoon
Pressure29.28 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index0none after dark
Dew point 24° · Dry16° by Saturday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Tomorrow, around noonin about 25 hours · 100% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT0.08–0.9 inmost likely 0.4; 1 in 10 over 1.2
LAST RAINNov. 60.1 in · 8 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Winter Weather AdvisoryWinter Weather Advisory issued November 14 at 5:50AM AKST until November 16 at 10:00AM AKST by NWS Anchorage AK
! Winter Weather AdvisoryWinter Weather Advisory issued November 14 at 5:50AM AKST until November 15 at 5:00PM AKST by NWS Anchorage AK
! Winter Weather AdvisoryWinter Weather Advisory issued November 14 at 5:50AM AKST until November 16 at 7:00AM AKST by NWS Anchorage AK
! Winter Weather AdvisoryWinter Weather Advisory issued November 14 at 5:50AM AKST until November 16 at 1:00PM AKST by NWS Anchorage AK
NWS Anchorage and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 11:15 AM
SUN & MOON
↑ 9:01 AM4:40 PM ↓
7 h 38 m of daylight, 5 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
SATURDAY, NOV. 14
SUNDAY, NOV. 15
MONDAY, NOV. 16
TUESDAY, NOV. 17
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CHANCE OF RAIN
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 16 to 27°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
28° 20°
0% rain — N 5 A
SUN Nov. 15 Showers likely Showers likely
27° 22°
100% rain 0.08–0.9″ N 3 A
MON Nov. 16 Showers likely Showers likely
31° 23°
80% rain up to 0.2″ NNE 2 C
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
31° 23°
10% rain — NNE 5 C
WED Nov. 18 Showers likely Showers likely
36° 29°
90% rain 0.2–1.0″ ESE 5 B
THU Nov. 19 Showers likely Showers likely
35° 24°
70% rain up to 0.6″ SSE 3 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
31° 20°
30% rain up to 0.08″ NNE 2 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Happy Valley about 5,000 feet above the ground was over a point about 170 miles to the southwest three days ago, and over the Gulf of Alaska a day ago, about 530 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. It rose from near the ground on the way. Near the ground the air came from interior Alaska; at 10,000 feet, from a point about 200 miles to the southwest. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

THIS WEEK IN 2014 Nov. 12, 2014

The hottest this week has been

54° on Nov. 12, 2014, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1932. Next is 54° in 2018.

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54°
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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Homer Area threaded record since 1932.
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THE GROUND

What Happy Valley stands on

Happy Valley’s center stands about 900 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 510 ft to 1,430 ft, a difference of 920 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Bald Mountain, about 1,960 ft, 11 miles southeast.

Happy Valley, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
0 ft500 ft1,000 ft1,500 ft2,000 ft HAPPY VALLEY900 ftHigh point of the line2,080 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 9×.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
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THE ALMANAC

Happy Valley’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1932 · Homer Airport, 18 mi south

Happy Valley has a dry-summer subarctic climate. Summer afternoons average 63° in July; winter nights fall to about 19° in January. About 24 inches of rain fall in a normal year.

32°19°35°22°37°23°46°31°54°38°59°45°63°49°63°48°57°42°47°33°38°25°34°21° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 TODAY HAPPY VALLEY 23.9 in rain a year
Normal high to low, by month Record high to low, by day Rain by month Freezing
July, average63° / 49°high / low, the warmest month
January, average32° / 19°high / low, the coldest month
Rain a year23.9 inwettest months: September and December
Hottest on record81°FJuly 10, 1993
Coldest on record−24°FJanuary 29, 1989
Wettest day on record3.50 inJanuary 24, 1939
Snowiest day on record24.5 inNovember 23, 1945
Nights at or below 32°169and 58 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeDry-summer subarcticKöppen Dsc

AROUND THE RING

1Freeze seasonfrom the first fall freeze, about Sept. 27, to the last in spring, about May 16 (median dates)
2Highs below freezingDec. 28 to Jan. 27; normal highs stay below 32°
3Lows below freezingOct. 19 to April 18; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretchSeptember through November: 8.8 of the year’s 23.9 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Happy Valley normally reaches 38° and falls to 25°. The record high is 52°, in 2014; the record low 1°, in 2006. The most rain on this date, 0.67 in, fell in 1940.

MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high32°35°37°46°54°59°63°63°57°47°38°34°
Normal low19°22°23°31°38°45°49°48°42°33°25°21°
Rain, inches2.151.821.321.150.780.871.452.313.282.612.873.27
Record high57° (2014)53° (2015)54° (2015)65° (2005)72° (2017)80° (1953)81° (1993)78° (2004)69° (1997)64° (1954)58° (1936)52° (2014)
Record low−24° (1989)−19° (1999)−21° (1971)−9° (1944)6° (1949)27° (1973)34° (1959)31° (1955)20° (1956)2° (1975)−7° (1990)−16° (1964)

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1932 from the Homer Area threaded record (Homer Airport, 18 miles south, 840 ft lower). NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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ALASKA · KENAI PENINSULA

Happy Valley

713 people, 900 ft above sea level in Kenai Peninsula Borough.

900 ftElevation
713People
88 sq miLand
Sunny 27°
SunnyDew point 24°
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Today in Happy Valley

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 25° 0%
2p mostly cloudy day 28° 0%
5p mostly cloudy night 26° 0%
8p mostly cloudy night 24° 0%
11p mostly cloudy night 23° 0%
2a mostly cloudy night 23° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINTomorrow around noon · 100%
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Sat0%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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Sun100%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Mon80%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Tue10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Wed90%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Thu70%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Fri30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK IN 2014 · NOV. 12, 2014

54°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1932.

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What Happy Valley stands on

Happy Valley’s center stands about 900 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 510 ft to 1,430 ft, a difference of 920 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Bald Mountain, about 1,960 ft, 11 miles southeast.

Happy Valley, west to east Happy Valley900 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 18×.
Elevation, center900 ft
Within 3 miles510 to 1,430 ft
Lie of the landSteep hill country (920 ft of relief)
High point nearbyBald Mountain, 1,960 ft, 11 mi southeast
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Happy Valley’s year

Happy Valley has a dry-summer subarctic climate. Summer afternoons average 63° in July; winter nights fall to about 19° in January. About 24 inches of rain fall in a normal year.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 23.9 in
July, average63° / 49° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average32° / 19° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain a year23.9 in · wettest months: September and December
Hottest on record81°F · July 10, 1993
Coldest on record−24°F · January 29, 1989
Wettest day on record3.50 in · January 24, 1939
Snowiest day on record24.5 in · November 23, 1945
Nights at or below 32°169 · and 58 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeDry-summer subarctic · Köppen Dsc
1Freeze season · from the first fall freeze, about Sept. 27, to the last in spring, about May 16 (median dates)
2Highs below freezing · Dec. 28 to Jan. 27; normal highs stay below 32°
3Lows below freezing · Oct. 19 to April 18; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretch · September through November: 8.8 of the year’s 23.9 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Happy Valley normally reaches 38° and falls to 25°. The record high is 52°, in 2014; the record low 1°, in 2006. The most rain on this date, 0.67 in, fell in 1940.

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1932 from the Homer Area threaded record (Homer Airport, 18 miles south, 840 ft lower). NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.