Anchorage, AK: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 40.8°F in Anchorage, AK, the coldest 1 to 9 October since 2014, 31st coldest of 73.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 40.8°F; Coldest since 2014; 31st coldest of 73
Precipitation: 0.50 in; Driest since 2024; 35th driest of 73

A normal 1 to 9 October in Anchorage, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.7°F, between 38°F and 46.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.35 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 1.48 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Anchorage, AK since 1954: 40.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 29.2°F, in 1972.

Normal range, 38 to 46.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	40.8	43	45.6	51	36	33	0.50	39
2025	47.6	6	52.8	7	42.3	6	1.45	7
2024	43.2	21	49.6	23	36.9	27	0.03	64
2023	41.3	38	46.4	48	36.1	31	1.45	7
2022	48.4	1	53.4	2	43.4	2	1.17	13
2021	40.9	41	46	49	35.8	34	0.88	22
2020	48.2	3	53.9	1	42.4	5	0.03	64
2019	44.3	15	51.2	13	37.4	20	0.34	48
2018	48.2	3	53	5	43.4	2	0.37	44
2017	46	8	51.9	10	40.1	10	1.33	12
2016	41.6	35	50.1	21	33	50	0.13	58
2015	42.6	30	47.7	37	37.4	20	0.64	35
2014	37.7	63	43.9	62	31.6	56	0.04	62
2013	44.5	14	50.7	16	38.3	14	0.97	18
2012	45.7	10	50.6	19	40.9	9	2.42	1
2011	41.8	34	48.2	30	35.4	36	0.33	50
2010	43.4	20	49.6	23	37.3	22	0.12	59
2009	42.7	28	48.1	31	37.3	22	1.45	7
2008	34.7	70	40.3	70	29.1	68	0.79	26
2007	38.9	50	44.7	56	33.1	48	0.36	45
2006	46	8	51	15	41	8	0.74	30
2005	42.7	28	49.3	26	36.1	31	0.32	51
2004	42.8	27	47.4	39	38.2	16	0.19	55
2003	48.3	2	52.9	6	43.8	1	2.05	4
2002	40.2	46	45.9	50	34.4	43	1.76	5
2001	43.9	18	48.3	29	39.4	12	0.68	33
2000	37.7	63	43.3	64	32.1	52	0.19	55
1999	41.4	36	47.4	39	35.4	36	0.82	25
1998	38.4	53	47.2	41	29.6	65	0.01	68
1997	38.3	54	46.9	44	29.7	64	trace	71
1996	39	49	47.2	41	30.8	60	0.11	60
1995	44	17	50.7	16	37.3	22	0.03	64
1994	43	25	47.8	35	38.2	16	0.35	46
1993	45.2	11	53.2	4	37.1	25	0.27	52
1992	38	61	44.4	57	31.6	56	0.88	22
1991	42.6	30	49.7	22	35.4	36	0.10	61
1990	37.1	65	43.8	63	30.3	62	0.35	46
1989	45.2	11	50.7	16	39.7	11	0.77	29
1988	40.9	41	45.4	52	36.3	30	2.38	2
1987	43	25	49.6	23	36.4	28	0.95	20
1986	42	32	47.6	38	36.4	28	1.15	15
1985	41.4	36	48	33	34.8	40	0.97	18
1984	43.2	21	48.6	28	37.9	19	0.74	30
1983	38.2	58	44.4	57	32	53	0.86	24
1982	36	68	40.2	71	31.8	55	1.35	11
1981	35.4	69	42.4	67	28.3	69	0.44	42
1980	39.1	48	44.1	60	34	44	2.16	3
1979	47.8	5	53.4	2	42.2	7	1.04	16
1978	43.1	23	47.8	35	38.3	14	0.92	21
1977	44.2	16	51.3	12	37.1	25	0.03	64
1976	38.8	52	46.6	47	31.1	58	0.16	57
1975	40.7	44	48	33	33.3	47	0.04	62
1974	33.3	72	37.2	72	29.3	67	0.99	17
1973	38.1	60	43	65	33.1	48	1.47	6
1972	29.2	73	34.1	73	24.2	73	0.52	38
1971	38.3	54	41.8	68	34.8	40	0.79	26
1970	38.9	50	44.3	59	33.6	45	0.73	32
1969	47.2	7	51.1	14	43.2	4	0.67	34
1968	39.9	47	45.2	54	34.7	42	0.46	41
1967	41.2	40	52.2	8	30.1	63	0.01	68
1966	43.1	23	47.1	43	39	13	0.54	37
1965	37.9	62	45.2	54	30.7	61	0.64	35
1964	45.1	13	52.2	8	38	18	0.79	26
1963	43.6	19	51.9	10	35.3	39	0.43	43
1962	40.6	45	49.1	27	32	53	0.01	68
1961	38.3	54	44	61	32.7	51	1.17	13
1960	41.3	38	46.8	46	35.8	34	trace	71
1959	38.2	58	48.1	31	28.3	69	0.26	53
1958	33.4	71	40.4	69	26.3	71	1.41	10
1957	36.4	66	46.9	44	26	72	trace	71
1956	36.1	67	42.8	66	29.4	66	0.49	40
1955	38.3	54	45.4	52	31.1	58	0.25	54
1954	41.9	33	50.2	20	33.6	45	0.34	48

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2022	48.4
2003	48.3
2020	48.2
2018	48.2
1979	47.8
2025	47.6
1969	47.2
2017	46
2006	46
2012	45.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1972	29.2
1974	33.3
1958	33.4
2008	34.7
1981	35.4
1982	36
1956	36.1
1957	36.4
1990	37.1
2014	37.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2012	2.42
1988	2.38
1980	2.16
2003	2.05
2002	1.76
1973	1.47
2025	1.45
2023	1.45
2009	1.45
1958	1.41

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	trace
1960	trace
1957	trace
1998	0.01
1967	0.01
1962	0.01
2024	0.03
2020	0.03
1995	0.03
1977	0.03

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 50°F; 7 October 2026
Coldest night: 29°F; 3 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.23 in; 4 October 2026

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Every answer in words

October 2026 so far brought 0.50 in of precipitation in Anchorage, AK, the driest 1 to 9 October since 2024, 35th driest of 73.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Anchorage, AK: 50°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Anchorage, AK: a low of 29°F on Saturday 3 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Anchorage, AK: 0.23 in on Sunday 4 October 2026.