Anchorage Municipality Weather in October
Average highs run from 51°F on October 1 to 32°F on October 31, and lows from 33°F to 18°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.46 in.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 42°F
- Average low
- 26°F
- Precipitation
- 2.46 in
- Snowfall
- 5.7 in
- Record high
- 65°FOct 2, 2003
- Record low
- -3°FOct 26, 1996
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 24 min to 8 h 34 min
- Cloud cover
- 71%
- Humidity
- 91%
- Dew point
- 28°F
- Wind
- 6.7 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 51°F | 33°F | 64°F 2003 | 25°F 2012 | 2% | |
| Oct 2 | 50°F | 32°F | 65°F 2003 | 23°F 1996 | 2% | |
| Oct 3 | 50°F | 32°F | 63°F 2003 | 23°F 1990 | 3% | |
| Oct 4 | 49°F | 32°F | 57°F 2012 | 23°F 1990 | 3% | |
| Oct 5 | 49°F | 31°F | 59°F 2012 | 24°F 2023 | 3% | |
| Oct 6 | 48°F | 31°F | 57°F 2025 | 24°F 1997 | 3% | |
| Oct 7 | 48°F | 30°F | 55°F 1992 | 23°F 1997 | 4% | |
| Oct 8 | 47°F | 30°F | 57°F 2025 | 21°F 1997 | 4% | |
| Oct 9 | 47°F | 29°F | 62°F 2025 | 19°F 2008 | 4% | |
| Oct 10 | 46°F | 29°F | 65°F 2006 | 19°F 2007 | 5% | |
| Oct 11 | 46°F | 28°F | 63°F 2009 | 18°F 1996 | 5% | |
| Oct 12 | 45°F | 28°F | 54°F 2006 | 18°F 1997 | 5% | |
| Oct 13 | 44°F | 28°F | 60°F 2009 | 13°F 1992 | 6% | |
| Oct 14 | 44°F | 27°F | 54°F 2002 | 15°F 1992 | 6% | |
| Oct 15 | 43°F | 27°F | 54°F 2002 | 13°F 1996 | 6% | |
| Oct 16 | 42°F | 26°F | 58°F 2013 | 13°F 1990 | 7% | |
| Oct 17 | 42°F | 25°F | 58°F 2013 | 12°F 1990 | 7% | |
| Oct 18 | 41°F | 25°F | 55°F 2018 | 3°F 1996 | 7% | |
| Oct 19 | 41°F | 24°F | 54°F 2013 | 3°F 1996 | 8% | |
| Oct 20 | 40°F | 24°F | 53°F 2013 | 4°F 1996 | 8% | |
| Oct 21 | 39°F | 23°F | 54°F 2002 | 3°F 1996 | 8% | |
| Oct 22 | 38°F | 23°F | 57°F 2003 | 5°F 1996 | 9% | |
| Oct 23 | 38°F | 22°F | 55°F 2002 | 5°F 1996 | 9% | |
| Oct 24 | 37°F | 22°F | 56°F 2002 | 11°F 2001 | 9% | |
| Oct 25 | 36°F | 21°F | 51°F 2011 | -1°F 1996 | 10% | |
| Oct 26 | 36°F | 21°F | 53°F 2002 | -3°F 1996 | 10% | |
| Oct 27 | 35°F | 20°F | 51°F 2019 | 1°F 1996 | 10% | |
| Oct 28 | 34°F | 20°F | 59°F 2013 | 3°F 1996 | 11% | |
| Oct 29 | 34°F | 19°F | 55°F 2019 | 5°F 2008 | 11% | |
| Oct 30 | 33°F | 19°F | 53°F 2002 | 10°F 2008 | 11% | |
| Oct 31 | 32°F | 18°F | 51°F 2019 | 5°F 2020 | 12% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 8:04 AM, sunset 7:28 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 9:23 AM, sunset 5:57 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00502642 (Eagle Rvr Nature Ctr), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00503163, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.