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Palmer
Weather & Forecast
Palmer is a city in and the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, located 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska Valley. It is the ninth-largest city in Alaska, and forms part of the Anchorage metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 5,888, down from 5,937 in 2010.Wikipedia
The cold season is long. Rain peaks in the warmer months. Winter is not just a brief interruption. Big daylight swing, with short winter days and long summer evenings. Annual snowfall is at least 15 inches.
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AlaskaU.S. stateAlaska is a U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii.Wikipedia
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