Anchorage, AK: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 15.1°F in Anchorage, AK, the coldest winter since 2009, 22nd coldest of 73.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 15.1°F; Coldest since 2009; 22nd coldest of 73
Precipitation: 4.17 in; Wettest since 2024; 10th wettest of 73

A normal winter in Anchorage, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 18.7°F, between 15.5°F and 24.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.80 in of precipitation, between 1.30 in and 4.04 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Anchorage, AK since 1954: 15.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 7°F, in 1965.

Normal range, 15.5 to 24.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	Days missing
2026	15.1	52	21.2	55	9.1	49	4.17	10	0
2025	25.2	6	29.9	7	20.4	4	2.26	49	0
2024	17.2	39	23.1	44	11.3	37	4.22	9	0
2023	19.4	25	25	29	13.7	22	6.05	1	0
2022	21.7	13	27.1	15	16.4	10	4.89	6	0
2021	19.9	20	25.9	22	13.9	21	3.06	27	0
2020	16.5	46	22.9	46	10	45	3.29	22	0
2019	22.3	9	28	9	16.5	9	4.11	12	0
2018	22	11	27.8	11	16.1	14	3.54	16	0
2017	16	48	22.1	50	10	45	4.17	10	0
2016	26.1	2	31.2	2	21	2	0.83	72	0
2015	24.4	8	29.6	8	19.1	8	1.75	63	0
2014	21.8	12	27.3	14	16.4	10	3.38	18	0
2013	21.5	14	27	16	16	15	3.87	14	0
2012	17.1	41	23.5	40	10.8	41	5.44	3	0
2011	15.6	49	22.3	49	9	50	2.12	55	0
2010	21.3	16	26.3	19	16.3	12	2.26	49	0
2009	14.8	53	20.7	57	8.9	51	2.27	47	0
2008	16.5	46	22.5	48	10.6	43	2.62	38	0
2007	18.6	33	24.8	31	12.3	34	3.29	22	0
2006	19.2	28	24.8	31	13.6	23	2.13	54	0
2005	20.4	19	26.1	20	14.7	18	3.29	22	0
2004	17.4	38	23.9	38	10.9	40	3.05	28	1
2003	25.6	3	30.2	6	21	2	2.80	36	0
2002	18.5	34	24.4	35	12.6	31	1.31	68	0
2001	25.3	5	30.9	4	19.6	6	2.56	41	0
2000	18.4	35	24.2	37	12.6	31	3.35	19	0
1999	11.3	67	17.8	69	4.7	64	1.93	58	0
1998	19.1	29	25.3	28	12.9	28	2.49	43	0
1997	19.4	25	25.4	27	13.5	24	0.88	71	0
1996	13.5	58	19.6	62	7.5	56	2.60	39	0
1995	17.2	39	23.7	39	10.7	42	3.03	29	0
1994	21	18	26.9	17	15.2	17	1.17	69	0
1993	16.7	44	23.4	42	10	45	2.80	36	0
1992	18.7	32	24.7	34	12.6	31	4.03	13	0
1991	16.6	45	23.3	43	10	45	2.82	35	0
1990	14.8	53	21.9	52	7.8	54	4.51	7	0
1989	14.2	56	21.6	53	6.9	58	1.94	57	0
1988	19.5	24	25.8	24	13.3	25	1.82	61	0
1987	25.4	4	31.2	2	19.7	5	3.23	25	0
1986	25	7	30.5	5	19.5	7	2.22	51	0
1985	21.1	17	27.6	12	14.5	19	2.45	44	0
1984	18.2	37	24.4	35	12.1	36	2.86	34	0
1983	19.6	21	24.9	30	14.3	20	0.55	73	0
1982	12.5	61	19.2	65	5.8	60	1.07	70	0
1981	18.8	31	24.8	31	12.8	29	2.31	46	0
1980	17	42	23.5	40	10.5	44	3.61	15	0
1979	18.3	36	25.7	25	11	39	3.52	17	0
1978	19.4	25	25.7	25	13	27	2.27	47	0
1977	29.1	1	34	1	24.2	1	2.90	32	0
1976	13.8	57	20.5	58	7.2	57	2.20	53	0
1975	14.6	55	21.4	54	7.7	55	3.20	26	0
1974	13.1	59	19.8	61	6.3	59	1.55	64	0
1973	9.3	70	16.6	71	2	70	1.55	64	0
1972	12	65	19.3	64	4.6	65	2.07	56	0
1971	12.4	62	19.1	66	5.8	60	3.35	19	0
1970	22.1	10	28	9	16.3	12	2.37	45	0
1969	9.3	70	16.7	70	1.9	71	1.46	67	0
1968	17	42	22.9	46	11.1	38	4.90	5	0
1967	10.6	69	18.5	68	2.7	67	3.32	21	0
1966	12.4	62	20.3	60	4.5	66	2.87	33	0
1965	7	73	15.1	73	-1.1	72	1.88	59	0
1964	19.6	21	26.4	18	12.8	29	2.99	31	0
1963	19.6	21	25.9	22	13.3	25	4.50	8	0
1962	12.1	64	19.4	63	4.8	63	2.57	40	0
1961	21.5	14	27.4	13	15.5	16	3.01	30	0
1960	19.1	29	26	21	12.3	34	2.51	42	0
1959	15.3	51	22.1	50	8.4	52	1.76	62	0
1958	15.5	50	23	45	8	53	1.48	66	0
1957	10.8	68	19	67	2.7	67	2.22	51	0
1956	7.7	72	16.6	71	-1.2	73	5.68	2	0
1955	13.1	59	20.9	56	5.3	62	5.19	4	0
1954	11.6	66	20.5	58	2.7	67	1.85	60	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	29.1
2016	26.1
2003	25.6
1987	25.4
2001	25.3
2025	25.2
1986	25
2015	24.4
2019	22.3
1970	22.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	7
1956	7.7
1973	9.3
1969	9.3
1967	10.6
1957	10.8
1999	11.3
1954	11.6
1972	12
1962	12.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	6.05
1956	5.68
2012	5.44
1955	5.19
1968	4.90
2022	4.89
1990	4.51
1963	4.50
2024	4.22
2026	4.17
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	0.55
2016	0.83
1997	0.88
1982	1.07
1994	1.17
2002	1.31
1969	1.46
1958	1.48
1974	1.55
1973	1.55

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 45°F; 4 February 2026
Coldest night: -17°F; 8 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.59 in; 27 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 4.17 in of precipitation in Anchorage, AK, the wettest winter since 2024, tied 10th wettest of 73 (with 2017).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Anchorage, AK: 45°F on Wednesday 4 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Anchorage, AK: a low of -17°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Anchorage, AK: 0.59 in on Tuesday 27 January 2026.