Anchorage, AK

Alaska · Records since 1952–2026

☁️ 29°F Feels like 23°
Currently in Anchorage
As of 9:45 PM AKDT

Records for October 24

🔥 Record High

55°F

October 24, 2002

+17° from 38° normal

❄ Record Low

4°F

October 24, 1970

-23° from 27° normal
🌞 Normal high: 38°F 🌑 Normal low: 27°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Anchorage

🔥
90°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 4, 2019
❄
-34°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 5, 1975
🌧
2.76"
Wettest Day Ever
Aug 21, 1997
☃
22.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 17, 2002

First & Last Dates — Anchorage

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
181 days
Longest growing season
2025
112 days
Shortest growing season
1984
143 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — October 24

# Temp Date
🏆 55°F October 24, 2002
2 54°F October 24, 1980
3 53°F October 24, 2018
4 50°F October 24, 1998
5 50°F October 24, 1981
6 48°F October 24, 2021
7 48°F October 24, 2019
8 48°F October 24, 2011
9 48°F October 24, 2009
10 47°F October 24, 2015

Top 5 Record Lows — October 24

# Temp Date
🥶 4°F October 24, 1970
2 4°F October 24, 1966
3 6°F October 24, 1958
4 7°F October 24, 1971
5 8°F October 24, 1985
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1952–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Anchorage

threshold: 71°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.5
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
77°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Anchorage

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 17, 2013 – Jul 31, 2013 15 79°F (Jul 21) 74°F 57°F
2 Jun 26, 2019 – Jul 9, 2019 14 90°F (Jul 4) 80°F 58°F
3 Aug 4, 2019 – Aug 17, 2019 14 77°F (Aug 7) 76°F 59°F
4 Jun 20, 1953 – Jun 29, 1953 10 83°F (Jun 26) 76°F 54°F
5 Aug 2, 2004 – Aug 11, 2004 10 78°F (Aug 2) 74°F 53°F
6 Aug 18, 1978 – Aug 26, 1978 9 75°F (Aug 24) 72°F 49°F
7 Jul 31, 2015 – Aug 7, 2015 8 79°F (Aug 3) 76°F 55°F
8 Jun 13, 2015 – Jun 19, 2015 7 83°F (Jun 15) 78°F 54°F
9 Jul 1, 2018 – Jul 7, 2018 7 80°F (Jul 3) 76°F 55°F
10 Jul 6, 2004 – Jul 12, 2004 7 78°F (Jul 8) 76°F 56°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

34
2026 total
above-normal nights
37.6
Avg / summer
1970–2020
80
Most in a summer
2016

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1952–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1952, annual totals have trended +0.59" per decade, about +4.3" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Anchorage is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

89 of 295 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

18.27"
2026 YTD
Normal: 13.70"
+4.57"
2.18"
October so far
October normal: 1.82"
+0.36"
2
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Anchorage is 4.57" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Oct 5 – Oct 12, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
43.8°F
Average temperature
15th-warmest of 74
+3.2°
vs. average
Normal: 40.7°F (1991–2020)
0.62"
Precipitation
30th-wettest of 74
+0.10"
vs. average
Normal: 0.52" · 119% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Oct 5 – Oct 12

1953–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.86° per decade (warming since 1953)

Precipitation by Year — Oct 5 – Oct 12

1953–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.03" per decade (wetter since 1953)

Warmest Oct 5 – Oct 12 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2018 48.9°F
2 2006 47.9°F
3 1979 46.9°F
4 1969 46.9°F
5 2025 45.8°F
6 1977 45.7°F
7 2009 45.6°F
8 1978 44.9°F
9 2017 44.9°F
10 1993 44.7°F

Coolest Oct 5 – Oct 12 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1958 29.5°F
2 1961 30.2°F
3 1972 31.6°F
4 1982 31.9°F
5 1965 33.8°F
6 1959 34.1°F
7 1980 34.1°F
8 1974 34.5°F
9 1973 34.6°F
10 2007 34.6°F

Wettest Oct 5 – Oct 12 on Record

# Year Total
1 1986 2.36"
2 2012 2.01"
3 1980 1.98"
4 1983 1.63"
5 1972 1.59"
6 2009 1.44"
7 2008 1.30"
8 1981 1.16"
9 2023 1.12"
10 1988 1.09"

Driest Oct 5 – Oct 12 on Record

# Year Total
1 2020 0.00"
2 2016 0.00"
3 1997 0.00"
4 1991 0.00"
5 1962 0.00"
6 1960 0.00"
7 1958 0.00"
8 1998 0.01"
9 2005 0.02"
10 1967 0.04"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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