Anchorage, AK: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 57.5°F in Anchorage, AK, the warmest August since 2025, tied 27th warmest of 73 (with 2017).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 57.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 27th warmest of 73
Precipitation: 1.32 in; Driest since 2019; 13th driest of 73

A normal August in Anchorage, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 57.8°F, between 55.4°F and 59.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.56 in of precipitation, between 0.97 in and 5.08 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Anchorage, AK since 1954: 57.5°F in 2026; the highest is 62.6°F, in 2019.

Normal range, 55.4 to 59.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August 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	57.5	27	63.5	37	51.4	18	1.32	61
2025	58	23	64.7	22	51.3	21	2.04	46
2024	56.1	45	62.3	50	49.9	38	4.80	8
2023	58.8	8	65.1	17	52.6	8	3.83	14
2022	56.1	45	60.9	66	51.4	18	6.80	3
2021	57.3	29	64.2	28	50.5	29	4.34	10
2020	58.8	8	65.5	10	52.2	11	3.21	22
2019	62.6	1	71.4	1	53.9	2	0.04	73
2018	58.3	16	63.8	30	52.8	6	3.67	16
2017	57.5	27	63.3	40	51.8	14	4.10	11
2016	60.5	3	66.7	6	54.3	1	5.45	5
2015	58.9	7	67.3	4	50.5	29	0.98	64
2014	58.5	13	64.5	24	52.5	9	2.52	37
2013	58.5	13	63.9	29	53.2	4	5.04	6
2012	56.7	35	63.3	40	50.2	34	1.82	51
2011	55.5	54	61.1	61	49.9	38	3.93	13
2010	56.6	36	62.5	48	50.8	27	3.03	28
2009	56.2	43	63.2	43	49.2	48	2.57	34
2008	55.6	53	61.7	59	49.5	44	0.93	67
2007	58.2	19	65.4	12	51	24	1.62	54
2006	54.9	60	60.2	69	49.5	44	5.64	4
2005	58.1	21	64.6	23	51.5	15	2.55	35
2004	61.2	2	70.4	2	52	13	0.76	68
2003	57.8	25	64.5	24	51.2	23	2.36	40
2002	56.9	32	63.7	34	50.2	34	3.21	22
2001	58.3	16	65.2	14	51.5	15	0.97	65
2000	54.8	61	62.2	54	47.3	70	1.68	52
1999	56.9	32	62.2	54	51.5	15	4.40	9
1998	53.8	72	59.8	71	47.7	67	3.17	25
1997	58.1	21	64.9	19	51.3	21	8.37	2
1996	56.6	36	64.5	24	48.8	54	2.53	36
1995	57.9	24	64.8	20	50.9	26	2.19	43
1994	58.7	12	66.1	8	51.4	18	1.02	63
1993	58.8	8	65.2	14	52.4	10	4.02	12
1992	55.8	51	61	65	50.5	29	2.49	38
1991	55.5	54	63.4	39	47.6	69	3.54	18
1990	57.7	26	65.5	10	50	36	1.90	50
1989	59	6	65	18	52.9	5	9.77	1
1988	56	49	62.3	50	49.7	41	3.77	15
1987	57.3	29	65.2	14	49.4	46	0.43	71
1986	54.3	70	60	70	48.6	56	3.62	17
1985	55.2	57	61.8	58	48.5	58	3.54	18
1984	56.6	36	63.5	37	49.6	43	3.21	22
1983	56.1	45	62.8	45	49.3	47	2.89	30
1982	54.7	63	62.3	50	47.1	71	2.33	41
1981	54.8	61	60.4	67	49.2	48	4.96	7
1980	54.4	67	61.1	61	47.7	67	3.06	27
1979	58.8	8	65.4	12	52.1	12	1.56	58
1978	59.8	5	68.6	3	51	24	0.54	70
1977	60.2	4	67.1	5	53.4	3	1.35	60
1976	56.2	43	62.8	45	49.7	41	0.97	65
1975	56.6	36	62.6	47	50.5	29	1.19	62
1974	56.3	41	64.5	24	48	63	1.62	54
1973	53.8	72	59.6	72	47.9	64	3.40	20
1972	56.5	40	63.1	44	50	36	1.40	59
1971	55	59	61.1	61	48.9	52	2.58	33
1970	54.6	64	60.3	68	48.9	52	2.23	42
1969	54.2	71	62.2	54	46.2	73	0.33	72
1968	58.2	19	65.8	9	50.6	28	0.69	69
1967	58.3	16	63.8	30	52.7	7	2.96	29
1966	54.4	67	59.6	72	49.2	48	2.47	39
1965	56.3	41	63.8	30	48.8	54	1.58	57
1964	54.6	64	61.4	60	47.8	66	2.16	44
1963	57	31	64.8	20	49.1	51	2.80	31
1962	56.8	34	63.8	30	49.8	40	1.92	49
1961	54.5	66	61.1	61	47.9	64	1.94	48
1960	55.2	57	62.3	50	48.2	62	2.70	32
1959	55.8	51	63.3	40	48.3	60	3.11	26
1958	55.4	56	62.4	49	48.5	58	1.67	53
1957	58.5	13	66.5	7	50.5	29	2.02	47
1956	56	49	63.6	35	48.3	60	1.60	56
1955	54.4	67	61.9	57	46.9	72	3.26	21
1954	56.1	45	63.6	35	48.6	56	2.13	45

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	62.6
2004	61.2
2016	60.5
1977	60.2
1978	59.8
1989	59
2015	58.9
2023	58.8
2020	58.8
1993	58.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1998	53.8
1973	53.8
1969	54.2
1986	54.3
1980	54.4
1966	54.4
1955	54.4
1961	54.5
1970	54.6
1964	54.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	9.77
1997	8.37
2022	6.80
2006	5.64
2016	5.45
2013	5.04
1981	4.96
2024	4.80
1999	4.40
2021	4.34

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	0.04
1969	0.33
1987	0.43
1978	0.54
1968	0.69
2004	0.76
2008	0.93
2001	0.97
1976	0.97
2015	0.98

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 14 August 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 31 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.24 in; 28 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 1.32 in of precipitation in Anchorage, AK, the driest August since 2019, 13th driest of 73.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 74°F on Friday 14 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Anchorage, AK: a low of 40°F on Monday 31 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 0.24 in on Friday 28 August 2026.