I've received several recent inquiries about the weather here in Anchorage. Here's a handy-dandy chart I found on KTUU's weather page:
Monthly Averages & Records - °F
Date | Average Low | Average High | Record Low | Record High | Average Precipitation | Average Snow |
January | 9° | 22° | -35° (1947) | 56° (1934) | 0.68" | 9" |
February | 12° | 26° | -38° (1947) | 57° (1943) | 0.74" | 11" |
March | 18° | 34° | -24° (1971) | 56° (1926) | 0.65" | 10.3" |
April | 29° | 44° | -15° (1920) | 72° (2005) | 0.52" | 4.1" |
May | 39° | 55° | 1° (1945) | 82° (1947) | 0.7" | 0.1" |
June | 47° | 62° | 29° (1920) | 92° (1931) | 1.06" | 0" |
July | 52° | 65° | 34° (1922) | 84° (2003) | 1.7" | 0" |
August | 49° | 63° | 31° (1984) | 85° (2004) | 2.93" | 0" |
September | 41° | 55° | 19° (1992) | 73° (1957) | 2.87" | 0.2" |
October | 28° | 40° | -6° (1935) | 64° (2006) | 2.09" | 8.5" |
November | 16° | 28° | -21° (1956) | 62° (1920) | 1.09" | 11.4" |
December | 11° | 24° | -36° (1917) | 53° (1940) | 1.05" | 14.9" |
7 comments:
God that looks cold.
Big drop off from March to April though.
So the 4th of July is the best day visit... as long as it's not snowing... :-D
You guys have such great weather. Enjoy.
Preppy, it's a mindset, and most acclimate to the cooler climate within a couple of months. After that, anything above 75 feels too hot.
NFO ... probably. :)
Stephen, we love it, and I think you would, too.
Interesting. Living in CO, I've seen snow every month of a year. Not every year, to be sure. When you get above 9,000 ASL, all kinds of weather can happen.
I imagine Turnagin Arm moderates your weather much as Puget Sound does Seattle.
Tell ya what, Rev. Paul . . . we didn't do much better than your average March temps here in NW Ohio the last couple days.
Not complaining though. The sun came out today and there's no disputing it . . . . . the light is stronger.
WSF, you're right. And it's snowed in every month of the year here, too, despite being at sea level. The Arm is just a branch of the Cook Inlet, but you're right about the moderating effect. Just a few miles farther from the water, they get MUCH more snow than we do.
Cathy, I understand. Any sunlight is better than clouds. :)
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