Anchorage, AK: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 35.7°F in Anchorage, AK, the coldest April since 2023, tied 26th coldest of 73 (with 1977).

April 2026

Mean temperature: 35.7°F; Coldest since 2023; 26th coldest of 73
Precipitation: 1.42 in; Wettest since 2025; 6th wettest of 73

A normal April in Anchorage, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.3°F, between 34.4°F and 40.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.33 in of precipitation, between 0.08 in and 0.98 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Anchorage, AK since 1954: 35.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 26.8°F, in 1972.

Normal range, 34.4 to 40.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Anchorage, AK from 1954 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	35.7	47	41.7	53	29.7	38	1.42	6
2025	39.3	13	45.3	30	33.3	3	1.48	5
2024	37.5	33	44.8	36	30.2	28	0.80	20
2023	32.4	66	39.2	67	25.6	64	0.57	28
2022	38	27	45.7	26	30.2	28	0.16	60
2021	34.8	54	44	39	25.6	64	0.17	58
2020	36.6	41	43.7	42	29.6	41	0.97	14
2019	40.1	7	48	8	32.1	9	1.11	12
2018	39.6	11	47.2	12	32	11	0.32	43
2017	40.3	4	48.9	4	31.8	12	0.40	36
2016	43.5	1	51.5	1	35.4	1	0.02	70
2015	40.7	2	47.8	10	33.5	2	0.70	24
2014	38.5	23	47	16	30	35	0.08	65
2013	29.3	71	36.8	71	21.7	71	0.78	21
2012	38.7	20	47	16	30.5	22	0.50	29
2011	37.6	32	44.9	35	30.2	28	0.37	39
2010	36.8	39	43.4	44	30.3	26	1.13	11
2009	35.3	49	42.8	46	27.8	52	0.11	62
2008	33.4	61	40.4	62	26.3	62	1.82	2
2007	38.4	24	46.1	22	30.7	20	0.09	63
2006	35.8	45	42.6	49	28.9	47	0.47	33
2005	40.1	7	48.8	5	31.3	15	0.12	61
2004	37.3	34	44.1	38	30.5	22	0.97	14
2003	38.4	24	47.1	14	29.7	38	0.17	58
2002	30.8	70	38.6	68	23	69	0.23	53
2001	37.7	30	45.1	32	30.2	28	0.34	41
2000	37.3	34	45.3	30	29.4	43	0.39	37
1999	34.5	57	41.3	56	27.7	53	0.23	53
1998	40.2	6	48	8	32.3	7	0.39	37
1997	38.2	26	46.3	20	30.1	33	0.25	49
1996	38.6	21	47	16	30.2	28	0.08	65
1995	40.3	4	48.1	7	32.6	4	0.08	65
1994	38.6	21	46.1	22	31	17	0.45	34
1993	40.6	3	49	3	32.2	8	0.09	63
1992	35.1	51	43.9	40	26.4	61	0.08	65
1991	37.7	30	45.5	28	29.9	37	0.23	53
1990	39.9	9	49.1	2	30.7	20	0.27	45
1989	39.3	13	47	16	31.6	13	0.98	13
1988	37.1	37	43.7	42	30.4	24	0.37	39
1987	37.9	28	45.8	25	30	35	0.24	52
1986	31	68	38.6	68	23.4	67	0.42	35
1985	28.4	72	36.3	72	20.4	72	0.50	29
1984	38.8	17	46.1	22	31.4	14	0.93	17
1983	37.3	34	43.9	40	30.8	19	1.36	8
1982	33.1	64	40.5	61	25.7	63	0.27	45
1981	36	43	45.1	32	26.9	57	0.19	56
1980	39.3	13	47.6	11	31	17	0.19	56
1979	38.8	17	45	34	32.5	6	0.94	16
1978	39.1	16	47.1	14	31.1	16	0.02	70
1977	35.7	47	41.7	53	29.7	38	1.91	1
1976	34.8	54	41.2	58	28.4	49	0.74	22
1975	32.9	65	38.4	70	27.4	54	1.71	4
1974	37.9	28	45.4	29	30.4	24	0.61	27
1973	35.8	45	41.3	56	30.3	26	0.33	42
1972	26.8	73	33.9	73	19.7	73	0.73	23
1971	33.4	61	39.4	65	27.3	55	0.63	26
1970	36.4	42	42.7	47	30.1	33	0.27	45
1969	39.4	12	46.2	21	32.6	4	trace	73
1968	35	53	40.8	59	29.1	45	0.85	19
1967	35.1	51	41.9	52	28.2	51	0.49	32
1966	35.3	49	42.3	51	28.3	50	0.70	24
1965	39.7	10	47.2	12	32.1	9	0.30	44
1964	33.6	60	40.3	63	27	56	0.89	18
1963	31.9	67	39.5	64	24.2	66	1.78	3
1962	36.8	39	44.5	37	29.2	44	0.25	49
1961	36	43	42.5	50	29.5	42	1.38	7
1960	34.1	58	41.4	55	26.7	58	0.27	45
1959	33.7	59	40.6	60	26.7	58	1.32	9
1958	38.8	17	48.6	6	29	46	0.25	49
1957	37	38	45.6	27	28.5	48	0.01	72
1956	34.6	56	42.7	47	26.6	60	0.50	29
1955	31	68	39.3	66	22.8	70	1.32	9
1954	33.3	63	43.1	45	23.4	67	0.03	69

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	43.5
2015	40.7
1993	40.6
2017	40.3
1995	40.3
1998	40.2
2019	40.1
2005	40.1
1990	39.9
1965	39.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1972	26.8
1985	28.4
2013	29.3
2002	30.8
1986	31
1955	31
1963	31.9
2023	32.4
1975	32.9
1982	33.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	1.91
2008	1.82
1963	1.78
1975	1.71
2025	1.48
2026	1.42
1961	1.38
1983	1.36
1959	1.32
1955	1.32

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	trace
1957	0.01
2016	0.02
1978	0.02
1954	0.03
2014	0.08
1996	0.08
1995	0.08
1992	0.08
2007	0.09
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 50°F; 29 April 2026, 26 April 2026, 25 April 2026
Coldest night: 12°F; 1 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.56 in; 28 April 2026

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Anchorage, AK the day's answers

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Every answer in words

April 2026 brought 1.42 in of precipitation in Anchorage, AK, the wettest April since 2025, 6th wettest of 73.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 50°F on Wednesday 29 April 2026, Sunday 26 April 2026 and Saturday 25 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Anchorage, AK: a low of 12°F on Wednesday 1 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 0.56 in on Tuesday 28 April 2026.