Every state’s recordsAlaska Weather Records
6 official all-time records
The official all-time extremes for Alaska, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 100°F at Fort Yukon to -80°F at Prospect Creek Camp.
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
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| 100°F | June 27, 1915 | Fort Yukon | 26413 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| -80°F | January 23, 1971 | Prospect Creek Camp | 507778 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 15.05 inches | October 10, 1986 | Seward | 26438 | N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
The previously-listed state record of 15.2 inches at Angoon on October 12, 1982 was determined to be invalid by the SCEC, based largely on analysis that resulted in this Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society article.
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 78 inches | February 9, 1963 | Mile 47 Camp | 505878 | N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 192 inches | April 11, 2008 | Valdez Municipal Airport | 509685 | N1 |
| 192 inches | March 7, 2008 | Valdez Municipal Airport | 509685 | N1 |