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ALASKA · MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH

Sutton-Alpine

1,038 people, 1,090 ft above sea level in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

1,090 ftElevation, city center
1,038People, 2024 estimate
58 sq miLand area
Sunny 22°
Sunny now Dew point 20° · Calm · high 28°
City of Sutton-Alpine River Interstate 2 miles
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The Sutton-Alpine 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 Sutton-Alpine

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM AKST
RIGHT NOW Palmer Municipal Airport (PAAQ) · 2:53 PM
Sunny
22° Sunny Feels like 22° · high of 28° near 3 PM
WindCalmno gusts
Humidity92%rising to 78% by morning
Pressure29.27 in →steady
Visibility8 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index0none after dark
Dew point 20° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAIN—none in 31 days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Dense Fog AdvisoryDense Fog Advisory issued November 14 at 12:03PM AKST until November 14 at 6:00PM AKST by NWS Anchorage AK
NWS Anchorage and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:17 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 9:02 AM4:17 PM ↓
7 h 14 m of daylight, 5 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
37
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 15 to 24°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 29° / 15°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
28° 23°
10% rain — NNE 3 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
32° 27°
10% rain — NNE 6, gusts 25 B
MON Nov. 16 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
35° 27°
10% rain — ENE 7, gusts 28 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
32° 23°
10% rain — ENE 3 C
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
34° 29°
40% rain up to 0.1″ ENE 7 B
THU Nov. 19 Showers likely Showers likely
35° 25°
60% rain 0.05–0.6″ ENE 5 C
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
30° 22°
30% rain up to 0.1″ ENE 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 Sutton-Alpine about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Bering Sea three days ago, and over southcentral Alaska a day ago, about 490 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. It came down from about 12,900 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Gulf of Alaska; at 10,000 feet, from a point about 9,420 miles to the east. 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 2000 Nov. 11, 2000

The hottest this week has been

49° on Nov. 11, 2000, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1984. Next is 47° in 2016.

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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Lazy Mountain record since 1984.
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THE GROUND

What Sutton-Alpine stands on

Sutton-Alpine’s center stands about 1,090 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 440 ft to 3,320 ft, a difference of 2,880 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Montana Peak, about 6,620 ft, 11 miles north-northwest.

Sutton-Alpine, cut in half from south to north

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
0 ft2,500 ft5,000 ft SUTTON-ALPINE1,090 ftMatanuska Peak6,000 ftMatanuska Riverabout 440 ftGranite Peak6,600 ftHigh point of the line6,900 ft ← SN →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 3×.

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

Sutton-Alpine’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1984 · Lazy Mountain, 10 mi southwest

Sutton-Alpine has a dry-summer subarctic climate. Summer afternoons average 66° in July; winter nights fall to about 9° in January. A normal year brings about 82 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 18 inches of water.

23°9°29°12°34°14°46°25°58°35°64°43°66°48°63°45°55°37°42°26°28°15°24°11° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 TODAY 18.0 in rain and snowmelt
Normal high to low, by month Record high to low, by day Rain by month Freezing
July, average66° / 48°high / low, the warmest month
January, average23° / 9°high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow18.0 inwettest months: August and September
Snow a year82.5 insnowiest: December
Hottest on record85°FJune 16, 2015
Coldest on record−38°FJanuary 29, 1989
Wettest day on record2.42 inJuly 21, 1986
Snowiest day on record15.7 inFebruary 28, 1992
Nights at or below 32°217and 102 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeDry-summer subarcticKöppen Dsc

AROUND THE RING

1Freeze seasonfrom the first fall freeze, about Sept. 17, to the last in spring, about May 23 (median dates)
2Highs below freezingNov. 3 to March 13; normal highs stay below 32°
3Lows below freezingSept. 30 to May 5; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretchJuly through September: 7.9 of the year’s 18.0 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Sutton-Alpine normally reaches 28° and falls to 14°. The record high is 47°, in 2016; the record low −12°, in 1989. The most rain on this date, 0.58 in, fell in 1993.

MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high23°29°34°46°58°64°66°63°55°42°28°24°
Normal low9°12°14°25°35°43°48°45°37°26°15°11°
Rain and melt, in1.031.000.870.520.841.371.983.002.921.761.221.48
Snow, inches14.713.611.34.80.90.00.00.00.56.011.918.8
Record high51° (2009)56° (2014)55° (2016)72° (2005)79° (2013)85° (2015)84° (2019)84° (2004)71° (1996)66° (2003)53° (2002)53° (1999)
Record low−38° (1989)−34° (1999)−24° (1992)−11° (1985)20° (2013)29° (1985)35° (2012)28° (2015)12° (1992)−3° (1996)−18° (1989)−26° (1990)

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1984 at Lazy Mountain, 10 miles southwest, 360 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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ALASKA · MATANUSKA-SUSITNA

Sutton-Alpine

1,038 people, 1,090 ft above sea level in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

1,090 ftElevation
1,038People
58 sq miLand
Sunny 22°
SunnyDew point 20°
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Today in Sutton-Alpine

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 28° 0%
6p mostly cloudy night 27° 2%
9p mostly cloudy night 27° 7%
12a mostly cloudy night 27° 0%
3a mostly cloudy night 27° 2%
6a mostly cloudy night 27° 0%
Rain
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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 2000 · NOV. 11, 2000

49°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1984.

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What Sutton-Alpine stands on

Sutton-Alpine’s center stands about 1,090 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 440 ft to 3,320 ft, a difference of 2,880 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Montana Peak, about 6,620 ft, 11 miles north-northwest.

Sutton-Alpine, south to north Sutton-Alpine1,090 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 6×.
Elevation, center1,090 ft
Within 3 miles440 to 3,320 ft
Lie of the landMountainous (2,880 ft of relief)
High point nearbyMontana Peak, 6,620 ft, 11 mi north-northwest
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Sutton-Alpine’s year

Sutton-Alpine has a dry-summer subarctic climate. Summer afternoons average 66° in July; winter nights fall to about 9° in January. A normal year brings about 82 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 18 inches of water.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 18.0 in
July, average66° / 48° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average23° / 9° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow18.0 in · wettest months: August and September
Snow a year82.5 in · snowiest: December
Hottest on record85°F · June 16, 2015
Coldest on record−38°F · January 29, 1989
Wettest day on record2.42 in · July 21, 1986
Snowiest day on record15.7 in · February 28, 1992
Nights at or below 32°217 · and 102 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeDry-summer subarctic · Köppen Dsc
1Freeze season · from the first fall freeze, about Sept. 17, to the last in spring, about May 23 (median dates)
2Highs below freezing · Nov. 3 to March 13; normal highs stay below 32°
3Lows below freezing · Sept. 30 to May 5; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretch · July through September: 7.9 of the year’s 18.0 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Sutton-Alpine normally reaches 28° and falls to 14°. The record high is 47°, in 2016; the record low −12°, in 1989. The most rain on this date, 0.58 in, fell in 1993.

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1984 at Lazy Mountain, 10 miles southwest, 360 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.