Point MacKenzie climate

Point MacKenzie Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Anchorage Merrill Fld, 17.2 km from Point MacKenzie

Average highs run from 23°F on January 1 to 25°F on January 31, and lows from 9°F to 10°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.46 in over about 6 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Point MacKenzie, in °F, with the record for each date.-40-200204060151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
23°F
Average low
8°F
Precipitation
0.46 in
Snowfall
12.4 in
Record high
56°FJan 7, 1934
Record low
-35°FJan 30, 1947
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
5 h 37 min to 7 h 42 min
Cloud cover
63%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
12°F
Wind
6.0 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 123°F9°F49°F 2011-20°F 193822%31%
Jan 223°F8°F49°F 2011-25°F 191722%31%
Jan 322°F8°F44°F 1926-28°F 191722%31%
Jan 422°F8°F44°F 1926-26°F 191721%31%
Jan 522°F8°F47°F 2016-18°F 200921%30%
Jan 622°F8°F48°F 1926-25°F 194921%30%
Jan 722°F8°F56°F 1934-25°F 194921%30%
Jan 822°F8°F49°F 1926-25°F 195221%30%
Jan 922°F8°F51°F 1926-19°F 200721%30%
Jan 1022°F8°F47°F 2025-20°F 195221%30%
Jan 1122°F8°F53°F 1926-21°F 193221%29%
Jan 1222°F8°F49°F 2025-21°F 192021%29%
Jan 1322°F8°F48°F 2025-26°F 192021%29%
Jan 1422°F8°F49°F 2013-25°F 195121%29%
Jan 1522°F8°F49°F 2009-27°F 195121%29%
Jan 1622°F8°F53°F 2009-27°F 195121%29%
Jan 1722°F8°F49°F 2014-26°F 192021%29%
Jan 1822°F8°F45°F 2014-32°F 195121%28%
Jan 1922°F8°F49°F 1931-32°F 195121%28%
Jan 2022°F8°F47°F 1931-30°F 195121%28%
Jan 2123°F8°F51°F 2022-23°F 195221%28%
Jan 2223°F8°F49°F 2022-24°F 195222%28%
Jan 2323°F8°F48°F 2025-22°F 195222%28%
Jan 2423°F9°F49°F 2025-30°F 194722%28%
Jan 2523°F9°F51°F 2025-34°F 194722%28%
Jan 2623°F9°F50°F 2025-34°F 194722%28%
Jan 2724°F9°F50°F 1926-34°F 194722%28%
Jan 2824°F9°F49°F 1926-33°F 191922%28%
Jan 2924°F10°F47°F 1945-34°F 194722%28%
Jan 3024°F10°F45°F 1926-35°F 194723%28%
Jan 3125°F10°F45°F 1926-34°F 194723%28%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Point MacKenzie, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (AKST).

January 1
sunrise 10:15 AM, sunset 3:52 PM
January 31
sunrise 9:23 AM, sunset 5:05 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00026409 (Anchorage Merrill Fld), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026409, 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.