Anchorage, AK: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 13.6°F in Anchorage, AK, the coldest January since 2024, tied 27th coldest of 73 (with 2017).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 13.6°F; Coldest since 2024; 27th coldest of 73
Precipitation: 2.96 in; Wettest on record; Wettest of 73, provisional

A normal January in Anchorage, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 16.3°F, between 9.3°F and 24°F in eight years of ten and 0.69 in of precipitation, between 0.33 in and 1.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Anchorage, AK since 1954: 13.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 2.7°F, in 1971.

Normal range, 9.3 to 24°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	13.6	46	19.7	48	7.6	44	2.96	1
2025	26.7	7	31.5	7	22	6	1.72	3
2024	13.2	50	19.4	50	7	47	1.29	13
2023	23.7	9	29	9	18.5	10	0.59	44
2022	20.6	19	26.1	21	15.2	18	1.07	23
2021	22.3	13	28.2	13	16.3	15	0.67	40
2020	6.2	66	12.9	67	-0.5	63	0.70	36
2019	20.3	21	26.3	20	14.3	22	0.76	33
2018	20.2	23	25.7	24	14.6	20	0.81	32
2017	13.6	46	20.2	47	7.1	46	1.71	4
2016	27.1	6	31.9	6	22.2	5	0.28	62
2015	20.4	20	26	22	14.8	19	0.35	58
2014	30.3	3	35.2	4	25.3	3	1.52	6
2013	23.3	11	28.1	14	18.4	11	1.10	20
2012	2.9	71	10.3	72	-4.6	70	1.17	17
2011	18.8	25	24.9	27	12.6	27	0.52	49
2010	18.5	28	23.8	31	13.1	26	0.68	39
2009	13	51	19.1	51	6.8	49	0.89	28
2008	13.4	48	19	52	7.8	43	1.19	16
2007	16.7	34	23	33	10.4	33	1.08	22
2006	10.6	55	16.2	60	5	54	0.33	60
2005	18.8	25	24.2	29	13.4	25	0.63	41
2004	9.6	59	16.5	59	2.7	56	0.48	52
2003	22.1	15	27	16	17.1	12	0.39	55
2002	23.7	9	28.5	11	18.9	9	0.69	38
2001	27.4	5	32.9	5	22	6	1.10	20
2000	14.8	42	20.4	46	9.1	40	1.33	11
1999	11.9	53	18.5	53	5.3	53	0.33	60
1998	15.4	39	21.4	41	9.5	37	0.45	53
1997	15.9	36	22.5	34	9.2	39	0.12	70
1996	6	67	12.8	68	-0.7	65	0.11	71
1995	15.6	38	21.6	40	9.5	37	0.52	49
1994	21.7	16	26.7	18	16.7	14	0.59	44
1993	14.5	43	22	37	6.9	48	0.94	26
1992	20.3	21	26.4	19	14.2	23	1.17	17
1991	15.9	36	21.7	39	10.1	36	0.62	43
1990	15.4	39	22.1	36	8.8	41	1.42	8
1989	3.4	70	11.1	70	-4.2	69	0.26	65
1988	18	31	24	30	11.9	29	0.38	57
1987	22.8	12	28.8	10	16.8	13	1.61	5
1986	25.6	8	30.7	8	20.4	8	0.20	69
1985	30.2	4	36.1	3	24.4	4	0.70	36
1984	18.8	25	25.1	26	12.5	28	1.30	12
1983	16.2	35	20.6	45	11.8	30	0.21	68
1982	6.4	64	14	64	-1.2	67	0.02	72
1981	31.5	2	37.1	1	25.9	2	0.93	27
1980	14.3	44	20.9	44	7.6	44	1.28	14
1979	22.3	13	28.4	12	16.1	16	0.23	67
1978	21.2	17	26.9	17	15.5	17	0.39	55
1977	32	1	36.4	2	27.6	1	1.35	10
1976	17	32	22.3	35	11.8	30	0.98	25
1975	11.9	53	19.5	49	4.3	55	0.43	54
1974	6.8	63	14	64	-0.4	62	0.02	72
1973	2.9	71	10.5	71	-4.7	72	0.72	34
1972	6.3	65	13.2	66	-0.5	63	0.56	47
1971	2.7	73	10.1	73	-4.7	72	0.24	66
1970	9.2	61	16.2	60	2.2	59	0.86	30
1969	4.6	69	11.8	69	-2.6	68	0.28	62
1968	12.4	52	18.4	55	6.5	51	0.83	31
1967	7.1	62	15.1	62	-1	66	1.25	15
1966	9.6	59	17.2	58	2.1	60	0.63	41
1965	10	57	17.4	57	2.6	57	0.57	46
1964	14	45	21.4	41	6.7	50	0.35	58
1963	19.2	24	24.9	27	13.5	24	2.09	2
1962	13.4	48	21.4	41	5.5	52	0.88	29
1961	20.9	18	27.3	15	14.5	21	1.51	7
1960	17	32	23.6	32	10.3	35	0.72	34
1959	10.1	56	17.5	56	2.6	57	0.27	64
1958	18.5	28	25.4	25	11.7	32	1.05	24
1957	15	41	21.8	38	8.2	42	1.36	9
1956	5.1	68	14.8	63	-4.6	70	0.52	49
1955	18.2	30	26	22	10.4	33	1.12	19
1954	9.8	58	18.5	53	1	61	0.56	47

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	32
1981	31.5
2014	30.3
1985	30.2
2001	27.4
2016	27.1
2025	26.7
1986	25.6
2023	23.7
2002	23.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1971	2.7
2012	2.9
1973	2.9
1989	3.4
1969	4.6
1956	5.1
1996	6
2020	6.2
1972	6.3
1982	6.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	2.96
1963	2.09
2025	1.72
2017	1.71
1987	1.61
2014	1.52
1961	1.51
1990	1.42
1957	1.36
1977	1.35

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1982	0.02
1974	0.02
1996	0.11
1997	0.12
1986	0.20
1983	0.21
1979	0.23
1971	0.24
1989	0.26
1959	0.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 40°F; 16 January 2026
Coldest night: -17°F; 8 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.59 in; 27 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 2.96 in of precipitation in Anchorage, AK, the wettest January on record, in 73 years since 1954; provisional.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 40°F on Friday 16 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Anchorage, AK: a low of -17°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 0.59 in on Tuesday 27 January 2026.