Anchorage, AK: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 13.4°F in Anchorage, AK, the coldest March on record, in 73 years since 1954; provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 13.4°F; Coldest on record; Coldest of 73, provisional
Precipitation: 0.34 in; Driest since 2023; 21st driest of 73

A normal March in Anchorage, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 25.3°F, between 20.7°F and 30.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.64 in of precipitation, between 0.19 in and 1.33 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Anchorage, AK since 1954: 13.4°F in 2026, the lowest of them all.

Normal range, 20.7 to 30.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	13.4	73	21.9	73	4.9	71	0.34	52
2025	33	7	39.5	7	26.5	6	0.68	28
2024	28.8	18	34.6	27	23	15	0.60	36
2023	25	36	32.1	43	17.9	37	0.14	67
2022	32.3	8	38.5	8	26.1	9	0.89	16
2021	19.2	63	27.3	65	11.1	61	1.00	11
2020	21.5	58	29.5	58	13.5	57	1.42	7
2019	35.7	3	42.1	2	29.4	3	0.04	71
2018	27.6	27	34.1	31	21.2	22	0.82	23
2017	19.2	63	27.8	64	10.6	63	0.67	30
2016	33.5	6	40.6	6	26.3	8	1.23	9
2015	29.7	14	36.9	15	22.4	17	0.77	25
2014	27.6	27	35.9	22	19.3	32	0.79	24
2013	24.7	39	31.9	46	17.5	40	1.32	8
2012	20.9	60	28.8	60	12.9	58	0.59	38
2011	25	36	33.2	34	16.9	45	0.45	46
2010	27	30	34.4	28	19.7	30	0.51	41
2009	21.8	57	28.5	62	15.1	50	0.98	13
2008	30.2	12	36.1	21	24.4	12	0.51	41
2007	14.3	70	22.4	72	6.3	70	0.20	63
2006	23.7	48	30.2	55	17.1	42	0.63	34
2005	32	9	37.6	10	26.5	6	0.99	12
2004	24.2	42	30.8	52	17.6	39	0.76	26
2003	26.8	31	34.1	31	19.5	31	0.28	59
2002	22	56	30	56	14	56	1.60	4
2001	28.8	18	34.3	29	23.3	14	0.88	17
2000	29.6	15	35.3	23	23.9	13	0.47	44
1999	24.1	44	31.2	50	16.9	45	0.62	35
1998	30.1	13	37.7	9	22.5	16	0.07	70
1997	24.5	41	32	45	17.1	42	0.01	72
1996	29.2	17	37.1	13	21.3	21	0.42	49
1995	18.6	65	28.4	63	8.8	65	0.88	17
1994	25.6	35	32.3	40	19	34	1.51	5
1993	28.7	21	36.4	19	21.1	23	0.29	56
1992	24.9	38	32.7	37	17.1	42	0.31	54
1991	23.7	48	31.6	48	15.8	48	0.65	31
1990	28.6	24	37.2	12	20	28	0.46	45
1989	23.6	50	32.5	38	14.6	51	0.22	61
1988	31.3	11	36.9	15	25.6	11	0.65	31
1987	26.8	31	34.9	25	18.6	36	0.17	66
1986	24.1	44	32.5	38	15.7	49	1.70	3
1985	26.7	33	34.3	29	19.1	33	0.86	19
1984	36.4	2	43.7	1	29	4	0.08	69
1983	28.7	21	36.7	17	20.7	25	trace	73
1982	26.3	34	32.8	36	19.8	29	0.42	49
1981	34.3	5	41.4	4	27.3	5	0.41	51
1980	27.2	29	34	33	20.4	27	0.30	55
1979	31.6	10	37.5	11	25.7	10	2.76	1
1978	29.3	16	36.4	19	22.1	19	0.45	46
1977	24.7	39	31.6	48	17.8	38	0.84	21
1976	24.1	44	29.3	59	18.9	35	1.77	2
1975	22.5	54	30.3	53	14.6	51	0.54	40
1974	23.3	51	32.2	41	14.3	53	0.60	36
1973	24.2	42	30.9	51	17.5	40	0.65	31
1972	15.7	69	23.5	70	7.9	67	0.68	28
1971	14.1	71	23.5	70	4.8	72	0.70	27
1970	35.4	4	41.1	5	29.7	2	0.29	56
1969	28.5	25	34.8	26	22.3	18	0.10	68
1968	28.4	26	35.1	24	21.7	20	0.29	56
1967	23.1	52	32.2	41	14.1	54	0.98	13
1966	16.6	67	25.5	68	7.8	68	0.44	48
1965	36.5	1	41.6	3	31.3	1	0.83	22
1964	17.2	66	25.7	66	8.8	65	1.07	10
1963	24	47	31.7	47	16.2	47	1.48	6
1962	19.8	61	28.6	61	11.1	61	0.58	39
1961	16.3	68	25.7	66	6.9	69	0.34	52
1960	21	59	30.3	53	11.6	60	0.22	61
1959	14	72	25	69	3	73	0.85	20
1958	28.8	18	37.1	13	20.6	26	0.19	65
1957	28.7	21	36.5	18	20.9	24	0.20	63
1956	19.5	62	30	56	9.1	64	0.28	59
1955	23.1	52	32.1	43	14.1	54	0.51	41
1954	22.4	55	32.9	35	11.8	59	0.97	15

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	36.5
1984	36.4
2019	35.7
1970	35.4
1981	34.3
2016	33.5
2025	33
2022	32.3
2005	32
1979	31.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	13.4
1959	14
1971	14.1
2007	14.3
1972	15.7
1961	16.3
1966	16.6
1964	17.2
1995	18.6
2021	19.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	2.76
1976	1.77
1986	1.70
2002	1.60
1994	1.51
1963	1.48
2020	1.42
2013	1.32
2016	1.23
1964	1.07

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	trace
1997	0.01
2019	0.04
1998	0.07
1984	0.08
1969	0.10
2023	0.14
1987	0.17
1958	0.19
2007	0.20
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 35°F; 30 March 2026
Coldest night: -13°F; 1 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.24 in; 6 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.34 in of precipitation in Anchorage, AK, the driest March since 2023, tied 21st driest of 73 (with 1961).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 35°F on Monday 30 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Anchorage, AK: a low of -13°F on Sunday 1 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 0.24 in on Friday 6 March 2026.