Gulkana, AK

Alaska · Records since 1909–2026

☁️ 46°F Feels like 37°
Currently in Gulkana
As of 6:15 PM AKDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

61°F

September 26, 2002

+11° from 50° normal

❄ Record Low

8°F

September 26, 1986

-22° from 30° normal
🌞 Normal high: 50°F 🌑 Normal low: 30°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Gulkana

🔥
97°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 10, 1915
❄
-65°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 3, 1947
🌧
2.06"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 14, 1951
☃
14.3"
Most Snow in One Day
Apr 11, 1992

First & Last Dates — Gulkana

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)
112 days
Longest growing season
1957
0 days
Shortest growing season
1949
69 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 61°F September 26, 2002
2 61°F September 26, 1944
3 60°F September 26, 1980
4 59°F September 26, 1952
5 58°F September 26, 2020
6 58°F September 26, 1995
7 58°F September 26, 1989
8 57°F September 26, 1969
9 55°F September 26, 2018
10 55°F September 26, 2013

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 8°F September 26, 1986
2 10°F September 26, 1917
3 11°F September 26, 1983
4 13°F September 26, 1992
5 13°F September 26, 1956
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 1909–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Gulkana

threshold: 77°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
83°
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 — Gulkana

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 25, 2019 – Jul 10, 2019 16 90°F (Jul 5) 84°F 53°F
2 Jul 3, 1951 – Jul 18, 1951 16 88°F (Jul 12) 82°F 50°F
3 Jul 21, 2023 – Aug 5, 2023 16 83°F (Jul 23) 80°F 50°F
4 Jun 22, 2022 – Jul 6, 2022 15 84°F (Jun 28) 81°F 48°F
5 Jul 2, 2009 – Jul 14, 2009 13 86°F (Jul 8) 80°F 48°F
6 Aug 1, 1994 – Aug 12, 1994 12 86°F (Aug 6) 81°F 52°F
7 Jun 14, 2015 – Jun 24, 2015 11 83°F (Jun 16) 80°F 46°F
8 Jul 4, 1989 – Jul 14, 1989 11 82°F (Jul 11) 79°F 50°F
9 Jul 22, 1953 – Jul 31, 1953 10 91°F (Jul 25) 84°F 49°F
10 Jun 18, 2004 – Jun 27, 2004 10 89°F (Jun 26) 85°F 51°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

47
2026 total
above-normal nights
45.8
Avg / summer
1970–2020
78
Most in a summer
1914

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 (1909–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1909, annual totals have trended +0.61" per decade, about +7.1" 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 Gulkana is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

92 of 264 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

9.64"
2026 YTD
Normal: 8.92"
+0.72"
1.35"
September so far
September normal: 1.42"
-0.07"
0
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Gulkana is 0.72" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Jun 27 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 91 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
53.5°F
Average temperature
23rd-warmest of 86
+0.5°
vs. average
Normal: 53.0°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Jun 27 – Sep 25

1914–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.19° per decade (warming since 1914)

Precipitation by Year — Jun 27 – Sep 25

1943–2024 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.06" per decade (drier since 1943)

Warmest Jun 27 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2019 56.4°F
2 1989 56.4°F
3 2016 55.7°F
4 1990 55.3°F
5 2013 55.1°F
6 2025 54.9°F
7 1957 54.9°F
8 2023 54.8°F
9 1979 54.8°F
10 1997 54.7°F

Coolest Jun 27 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1970 49.0°F
2 1992 49.7°F
3 1969 50.0°F
4 1948 50.2°F
5 2000 50.3°F
6 1917 50.3°F
7 1960 50.5°F
8 1981 50.7°F
9 2008 50.9°F
10 1945 50.9°F
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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