Anchorage, AK: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 18.6°F in Anchorage, AK, the coldest February since 2021, 29th coldest of 73.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 18.6°F; Coldest since 2021; 29th coldest of 73
Precipitation: 0.71 in; Driest since 2025; 32nd driest of 73

A normal February in Anchorage, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 20.8°F, between 16.7°F and 26.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.86 in of precipitation, between 0.28 in and 1.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Anchorage, AK since 1954: 18.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 3.8°F, in 1990.

Normal range, 16.7 to 26.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	18.6	45	24.9	46	12.3	42	0.71	41
2025	22.8	21	28.1	25	17.4	19	0.05	73
2024	22	24	28.1	25	15.9	22	0.86	32
2023	19.9	36	25.3	44	14.5	30	1.64	7
2022	28.1	6	32.8	8	23.4	6	2.76	2
2021	14.3	59	20.5	66	8	56	0.90	29
2020	18.7	43	25.8	39	11.7	44	1.61	8
2019	20.8	30	27.5	31	14	34	0.92	27
2018	18.9	42	25.8	39	12.1	43	2.29	5
2017	18.7	43	24.4	47	13	36	0.99	24
2016	29.9	4	35.6	2	24.3	5	0.32	60
2015	25	16	30.6	15	19.4	15	0.72	40
2014	19.3	39	25.5	43	13	36	0.43	57
2013	25.9	10	31	13	20.9	8	1.12	19
2012	25.3	14	31	13	19.7	13	1.60	9
2011	17.1	51	24	48	10.3	49	0.73	38
2010	25.6	13	30.5	16	20.7	9	0.87	31
2009	17.5	49	23.8	52	11.1	46	0.46	54
2008	16.8	53	23.9	50	9.7	53	0.85	34
2007	17.3	50	23.6	53	10.9	47	0.12	70
2006	21.9	25	28.5	23	15.3	24	0.91	28
2005	20.4	34	26.6	37	14.3	31	1.14	18
2004	26.3	8	32.6	9	20.1	11	0.71	41
2003	31.3	2	35.4	3	27.1	1	0.86	32
2002	21.3	28	27.4	32	15.2	25	0.29	62
2001	23.1	19	29.2	21	17	20	0.88	30
2000	25.9	10	31.2	12	20.6	10	0.57	49
1999	7.2	71	14.1	72	0.3	71	0.28	63
1998	25.7	12	31.7	11	19.8	12	0.24	65
1997	30.6	3	35.2	4	26.1	3	0.52	52
1996	15.8	54	22.4	59	9.1	54	2.40	4
1995	20.7	32	27.2	34	14.1	32	1.00	23
1994	17.1	51	23.9	50	10.3	49	0.28	63
1993	21	29	27.3	33	14.7	29	1.17	15
1992	15	57	22.5	58	7.5	58	1.04	21
1991	19.5	37	26.7	36	12.4	41	0.42	58
1990	3.8	73	12.5	73	-5	73	1.46	11
1989	17.6	48	25.2	45	10	52	0.17	69
1988	22.7	22	29.5	20	15.9	22	0.32	60
1987	25.3	14	32.1	10	18.4	17	0.20	67
1986	21.7	26	28.6	22	14.9	27	0.55	51
1985	13.4	63	20.7	64	6.2	60	0.67	45
1984	19.3	39	25.8	39	12.9	38	1.08	20
1983	21.4	27	27.8	27	14.9	27	0.23	66
1982	15.5	55	22.1	60	8.8	55	0.69	43
1981	24.7	17	30.1	18	19.4	15	0.97	25
1980	27.4	7	33.7	6	21.1	7	1.18	14
1979	10.6	68	20.5	66	0.7	70	0.69	43
1978	26.3	8	32.9	7	19.6	14	1.19	13
1977	32.7	1	38.4	1	26.9	2	0.52	52
1976	12.7	67	20.8	63	4.7	65	0.33	59
1975	12.9	66	20.7	64	5.1	63	0.77	36
1974	14.1	61	20.3	68	7.9	57	1.15	16
1973	13.1	65	21.5	62	4.7	65	0.11	71
1972	13.4	63	22	61	4.9	64	0.63	48
1971	20.6	33	27	35	14.1	32	1.49	10
1970	29.6	5	34.7	5	24.5	4	0.57	49
1969	17.9	46	25.6	42	10.2	51	0.73	38
1968	23.1	19	28.3	24	17.8	18	1.67	6
1967	14.3	59	22.9	56	5.8	62	1.01	22
1966	14.7	58	23.5	55	5.9	61	0.80	35
1965	10.3	69	18.8	70	1.8	68	0.67	45
1964	20.1	35	27.6	29	12.6	40	1.15	16
1963	23.4	18	30	19	16.9	21	1.35	12
1962	19.5	37	26.3	38	12.7	39	0.74	37
1961	17.8	47	24	48	11.7	44	0.46	54
1960	22.7	22	30.3	17	15	26	0.45	56
1959	20.8	30	27.8	27	13.8	35	0.95	26
1958	19.1	41	27.6	29	10.5	48	0.07	72
1957	13.5	62	22.8	57	4.1	67	0.67	45
1956	10.2	70	19.2	69	1.3	69	2.49	3
1955	15.4	56	23.6	53	7.1	59	3.07	1
1954	6.6	72	17.9	71	-4.6	72	0.18	68

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	32.7
2003	31.3
1997	30.6
2016	29.9
1970	29.6
2022	28.1
1980	27.4
2004	26.3
1978	26.3
2013	25.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1990	3.8
1954	6.6
1999	7.2
1956	10.2
1965	10.3
1979	10.6
1976	12.7
1975	12.9
1973	13.1
1985	13.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	3.07
2022	2.76
1956	2.49
1996	2.40
2018	2.29
1968	1.67
2023	1.64
2020	1.61
2012	1.60
1971	1.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	0.05
1958	0.07
1973	0.11
2007	0.12
1989	0.17
1954	0.18
1987	0.20
1983	0.23
1998	0.24
1999	0.28
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 45°F; 4 February 2026
Coldest night: -12°F; 28 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.30 in; 14 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.71 in of precipitation in Anchorage, AK, the driest February since 2025, tied 32nd driest of 73 (with 2004).
The hottest day of February 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 45°F on Wednesday 4 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Anchorage, AK: a low of -12°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 0.30 in on Saturday 14 February 2026.