Anchorage, AK: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 56.7°F in Anchorage, AK, the coldest summer since 2012, tied 35th coldest of 73 (with 2002 and 1988).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 56.7°F; Coldest since 2012; 35th coldest of 73
Precipitation: 6.26 in; Wettest since 2024; 25th wettest of 73

A normal summer in Anchorage, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 57.8°F, between 55.8°F and 60.2°F in eight years of ten and 5.67 in of precipitation, between 4.05 in and 8.10 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Anchorage, AK since 1954: 56.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 53.9°F, in 1971.

Normal range, 55.8 to 60.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	56.7	37	63.5	39	49.9	37	6.26	25
2025	57.3	29	64.1	31	50.6	25	4.40	54
2024	57	31	63.5	39	50.5	27	9.33	7
2023	57	31	62.8	51	51.1	19	9.65	5
2022	58.5	12	65.3	17	51.8	9	11.13	2
2021	57.6	27	64.5	26	50.8	21	5.88	30
2020	58.5	12	65.7	11	51.3	17	5.53	37
2019	62.8	1	71.2	1	54.4	1	0.90	73
2018	58.8	7	65.6	13	51.9	6	6.30	23
2017	57.7	24	63.8	36	51.6	12	7.10	17
2016	60.8	2	67.6	5	54	2	9.64	6
2015	60.2	3	67.9	3	52.4	5	4.28	56
2014	58	18	64.6	24	51.4	14	8.72	8
2013	60.1	6	67.3	6	52.9	3	6.44	22
2012	56	48	62.4	58	49.6	40	5.33	40
2011	55.9	51	62.2	60	49.6	40	7.04	18
2010	55.8	54	61.6	66	50.1	33	7.26	15
2009	56.6	40	64	34	49.3	46	4.35	55
2008	54.4	70	60.2	73	48.5	60	4.77	49
2007	57	31	63.9	35	50.1	33	4.17	60
2006	55.8	54	62.1	62	49.5	43	8.03	11
2005	58.8	7	65.8	10	51.8	9	4.56	51
2004	60.2	3	68.4	2	51.9	6	2.31	71
2003	58.7	10	65.7	11	51.6	12	4.47	53
2002	56.7	37	64.1	31	49.4	45	5.65	35
2001	58	18	64.9	22	51.2	18	5.70	32
2000	55.6	59	62.7	53	48.5	60	5.69	33
1999	56.9	35	63.3	44	50.4	29	7.56	13
1998	55.3	64	61.9	64	48.6	57	6.78	20
1997	58.5	12	66	9	51.1	19	10.33	3
1996	57.8	22	65.6	13	50	35	5.07	46
1995	57.7	24	64.6	24	50.8	21	6.11	27
1994	58.1	17	65.6	13	50.6	25	2.93	67
1993	58.8	7	66.1	8	51.4	14	4.76	50
1992	57	31	63.4	42	50.7	23	4.49	52
1991	56.2	44	63.7	37	48.8	52	6.54	21
1990	57.8	22	65.3	17	50.3	31	4.23	58
1989	57.9	20	65.1	20	50.7	23	13.80	1
1988	56.7	37	63.1	47	50.3	31	5.20	42
1987	55.4	63	62.1	62	48.7	54	3.41	64
1986	55.6	59	62.6	54	48.6	57	5.97	29
1985	55.2	66	61.9	64	48.5	60	5.54	36
1984	58.7	10	65.5	16	51.9	6	5.42	38
1983	56.8	36	64.2	28	49.5	43	4.10	61
1982	54.6	69	61.6	66	47.6	70	6.30	23
1981	55.3	64	61.4	68	49.2	48	10.18	4
1980	54.9	67	61.3	69	48.5	60	8.06	10
1979	58.4	15	65.3	17	51.4	14	7.19	16
1978	57.7	24	65	21	50.5	27	5.41	39
1977	60.2	3	67.8	4	52.7	4	3.21	65
1976	56.3	41	63.5	39	49	51	1.90	72
1975	56.1	46	62.6	54	49.6	40	2.99	66
1974	56.3	41	64.2	28	48.4	65	3.53	62
1973	54.3	72	60.9	71	47.8	69	5.07	46
1972	55.8	54	62.9	49	48.7	54	2.43	70
1971	53.9	73	60.4	72	47.4	72	5.81	31
1970	55.5	62	61.2	70	49.7	39	5.11	45
1969	57.1	30	64.2	28	49.9	37	2.65	68
1968	57.6	27	64.9	22	50.4	29	2.65	68
1967	57.9	20	64.1	31	51.8	9	6.87	19
1966	55.9	51	62.5	57	49.3	46	3.45	63
1965	56.1	46	63	48	49.2	48	4.28	56
1964	55.9	51	63.2	46	48.5	60	4.97	48
1963	55.7	57	62.9	49	48.6	57	7.37	14
1962	56.3	41	63.4	42	49.1	50	6.04	28
1961	55.7	57	62.6	54	48.8	52	5.28	41
1960	56	48	63.3	44	48.7	54	5.67	34
1959	56	48	63.7	37	48.3	67	7.80	12
1958	55.6	59	62.8	51	48.4	65	8.30	9
1957	58.2	16	66.5	7	50	35	4.22	59
1956	54.9	67	62.3	59	47.6	70	5.19	43
1955	54.4	70	62.2	60	46.6	73	6.16	26
1954	56.2	44	64.4	27	48.1	68	5.12	44

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	62.8
2016	60.8
2015	60.2
2004	60.2
1977	60.2
2013	60.1
2018	58.8
2005	58.8
1993	58.8
2003	58.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1971	53.9
1973	54.3
2008	54.4
1955	54.4
1982	54.6
1980	54.9
1956	54.9
1985	55.2
1998	55.3
1981	55.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	13.80
2022	11.13
1997	10.33
1981	10.18
2023	9.65
2016	9.64
2024	9.33
2014	8.72
1958	8.30
1980	8.06

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	0.90
1976	1.90
2004	2.31
1972	2.43
1969	2.65
1968	2.65
1994	2.93
1975	2.99
1977	3.21
1987	3.41

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 77°F; 3 June 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 31 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.96 in; 19 July 2026

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Every answer in words

Summer 2026 brought 6.26 in of precipitation in Anchorage, AK, the wettest summer since 2024, 25th wettest of 73.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 77°F on Wednesday 3 June 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Anchorage, AK: a low of 40°F on Monday 31 August 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Anchorage, AK: 0.96 in on Sunday 19 July 2026.