Anchorage, AK: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 45.4°F in Anchorage, AK, the coldest May since 2013, tied 14th coldest of 73 (with 1965).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 45.4°F; Coldest since 2013; 14th coldest of 73
Precipitation: 1.61 in; Wettest since 2019; 4th wettest of 73

A normal May in Anchorage, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 48.3°F, between 45.8°F and 50.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.57 in of precipitation, between 0.18 in and 1.19 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Anchorage, AK since 1954: 45.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 41.1°F, in 1964.

Normal range, 45.8 to 50.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	45.4	59	51.4	67	39.4	38	1.61	4
2025	47.5	38	54.4	45	40.6	20	0.94	21
2024	46.8	46	53.5	56	40.1	29	1.04	17
2023	46.3	50	52.8	59	39.8	33	0.86	22
2022	50.9	3	60.4	2	41.4	12	0.26	61
2021	48	31	55.8	35	40.2	27	1.09	13
2020	50.4	7	59.5	5	41.4	12	0.63	31
2019	50.2	8	57.5	18	42.9	2	2.18	1
2018	48.5	20	55.1	39	41.9	8	0.33	58
2017	47.9	33	55.4	38	40.4	23	1.06	15
2016	52	2	59.9	4	44	1	0.33	58
2015	50.2	8	58.9	9	41.5	11	0.55	38
2014	52.5	1	62	1	42.9	2	0.46	46
2013	45.3	61	53.6	55	36.9	68	1.40	8
2012	45.8	55	52.6	61	38.9	44	0.43	51
2011	48.1	28	56.2	31	40	30	0.35	56
2010	48.4	24	57.7	16	39.1	42	0.08	70
2009	48.5	20	58.1	11	38.9	44	0.60	34
2008	45.8	55	53.5	56	38	53	0.36	55
2007	47.3	40	54.3	46	40.3	24	0.62	33
2006	48.6	18	56.9	25	40.3	24	0.40	53
2005	50.6	6	59.2	8	42	6	0.19	63
2004	49.9	12	58	14	41.8	9	0.97	18
2003	48.1	28	56.4	29	39.7	34	0.68	29
2002	48.4	24	57.6	17	39.2	40	0.13	68
2001	44.8	64	52.8	59	36.8	69	0.33	58
2000	46	54	54.8	42	37.3	59	0.69	28
1999	45.7	57	54.1	50	37.3	59	1.33	9
1998	47.3	40	54.1	50	40.5	21	0.63	31
1997	48	31	57.3	21	38.6	49	1.12	11
1996	50	11	60.2	3	39.9	31	0.20	62
1995	48.8	17	56.5	27	41	16	1.11	12
1994	47.1	43	54.5	44	39.7	34	0.51	41
1993	50.7	4	59.4	7	42	6	1.17	10
1992	46.1	53	54.2	48	37.9	55	0.58	36
1991	46.5	48	54.9	41	38.2	52	0.12	69
1990	49.8	13	57.4	19	42.3	4	0.71	27
1989	46.3	50	53.9	52	38.7	47	1.93	2
1988	48.5	20	55.6	36	41.3	14	0.56	37
1987	47.2	42	54.2	48	40.2	27	0.67	30
1986	46.5	48	54.8	42	38.3	51	0.50	43
1985	45	62	52.9	58	37.2	63	1.45	7
1984	49.6	14	58.3	10	40.8	17	0.96	20
1983	48.6	18	56	33	41.3	14	0.59	35
1982	44.5	66	52.6	61	36.4	70	0.54	39
1981	50.7	4	59.5	5	41.8	9	0.81	24
1980	45.7	57	52.3	63	39.2	40	1.68	3
1979	50.2	8	58.1	11	42.2	5	0.15	65
1978	48.9	16	57.1	24	40.8	17	0.03	71
1977	46.9	45	54.3	46	39.4	38	0.46	46
1976	44.9	63	51.8	66	38	53	0.16	64
1975	46.3	50	53.8	53	38.8	46	0.40	53
1974	47.9	33	57.9	15	37.8	56	0.34	57
1973	43.6	70	50.2	70	37	65	0.14	67
1972	43.2	71	49.3	72	37.2	63	0.81	24
1971	41.6	72	47.3	73	35.9	71	0.52	40
1970	48.1	28	56.3	30	39.9	31	0.43	51
1969	47.7	36	55.1	39	40.3	24	0.86	22
1968	48.2	27	55.9	34	40.5	21	1.60	5
1967	47.1	43	56.6	26	37.6	57	1.07	14
1966	44.1	67	51	68	37.3	59	0.75	26
1965	45.4	59	53.8	53	37	65	0.51	41
1964	41.1	73	50	71	32.3	73	0.97	18
1963	46.8	46	56.2	31	37.5	58	0.44	48
1962	44.7	65	52.1	64	37.3	59	1.52	6
1961	47.8	35	57.2	23	38.4	50	0.47	45
1960	49.1	15	57.4	19	40.8	17	0.44	48
1959	47.6	37	56.5	27	38.7	47	0.49	44
1958	47.5	38	55.5	37	39.5	36	1.05	16
1957	48.5	20	58.1	11	39	43	0.02	72
1956	44	68	50.9	69	37	65	0.44	48
1955	43.9	69	51.9	65	35.8	72	0.02	72
1954	48.4	24	57.3	21	39.5	36	0.15	65

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	52.5
2016	52
2022	50.9
1993	50.7
1981	50.7
2005	50.6
2020	50.4
2019	50.2
2015	50.2
1979	50.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1964	41.1
1971	41.6
1972	43.2
1973	43.6
1955	43.9
1956	44
1966	44.1
1982	44.5
1962	44.7
2001	44.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	2.18
1989	1.93
1980	1.68
2026	1.61
1968	1.60
1962	1.52
1985	1.45
2013	1.40
1999	1.33
1993	1.17

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1957	0.02
1955	0.02
1978	0.03
2010	0.08
1991	0.12
2002	0.13
1973	0.14
1979	0.15
1954	0.15
1976	0.16

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 60°F; 29 May 2026
Coldest night: 32°F; 24 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.40 in; 4 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 1.61 in of precipitation in Anchorage, AK, the wettest May since 2019, 4th wettest of 73.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 60°F on Friday 29 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Anchorage, AK: a low of 32°F on Sunday 24 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 0.40 in on Monday 4 May 2026.