Anchorage Weather in 1938

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	74 °F	June 26
Lowest temperature	-20 °F	January 1
Highest daily low	57 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	-7 °F	January 1
Most daily precipitation	0.8 inches	June 18
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	November 7
Total annual precipitation	10.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	38.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1938 was 74 °F which happened on June 26.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	74 °F	Jun 26
2	73 °F	Jul 11
3	72 °F	Aug 1
3	72 °F	Jul 30
5	70 °F	Jun 27
6	69 °F	Aug 3
6	69 °F	Aug 2
6	69 °F	Jul 29
6	69 °F	Jul 7
10	68 °F	Aug 24
10	68 °F	Aug 14
10	68 °F	Aug 13
10	68 °F	Aug 7
10	68 °F	Aug 5
10	68 °F	Aug 4
10	68 °F	Jul 24
10	68 °F	Jul 17
10	68 °F	Jun 25
10	68 °F	Jun 2

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1938 was -20 °F which happened on Jan 1.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-20 °F	January 1
2	-13 °F	February 8
3	-11 °F	December 25
3	-11 °F	December 24
3	-11 °F	January 14
6	-10 °F	February 7
6	-10 °F	January 10
6	-10 °F	January 2
9	-9 °F	January 13
9	-9 °F	January 12

January 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	-7	-20	0.00	0.0
January 2	9	-10	0.00	0.0
January 3	20	8	0.00	0.0
January 4	29	16	0.05	2.5
January 5	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 6	45	27	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	28	0.00	0.0
January 8	39	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 10	26	-10	0.00	0.0
January 11	9	-3	0.00	0.0
January 12	10	-9	0.00	0.0
January 13	8	-9	0.00	0.0
January 14	10	-11	0.00	0.0
January 15	11	-6	0.00	0.0
January 16	42	11	0.00	0.0
January 17	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 18	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 19	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 20	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 21	24	4	0.00	0.0
January 22	14	-8	0.00	0.0
January 23	12	-5	0.00	0.0
January 24	12	1	0.00	0.0
January 25	15	-5	0.00	0.0
January 26	18	0	0.00	0.0
January 27	20	-3	0.00	0.0
January 28	14	2	0.00	0.0
January 29	20	-4	0.00	0.0
January 30	15	-2	0.00	0.0
January 31	20	1	0.00	0.0

February 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	24	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	23	-2	0.00	0.0
February 3	23	-5	0.00	0.0
February 4	15	1	0.00	0.0
February 5	13	5	0.00	0.0
February 6	18	5	0.00	0.0
February 7	20	-10	0.00	0.0
February 8	12	-13	0.00	0.0
February 9	18	-7	0.00	0.0
February 10	15	-3	0.00	0.0
February 11	23	-6	0.00	0.0
February 12	29	1	0.00	0.0
February 13	22	-6	0.00	0.0
February 14	28	-2	0.00	0.0
February 15	29	-6	0.00	0.0
February 16	20	9	0.00	0.0
February 17	28	5	0.00	0.0
February 18	33	0	0.00	0.0
February 19	29	-2	0.00	0.0
February 20	17	9	0.00	0.0
February 21	22	16	0.00	0.0
February 22	35	22	0.12	2.0
February 23	40	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	45	32	0.00	0.0
February 26	46	37	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	48	28	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 2	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 3	48	21	0.00	0.0
March 4	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 5	38	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	42	16	0.00	0.0
March 7	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 8	34	21	0.00	0.0
March 9	33	23	0.00	0.0
March 10	33	28	0.13	2.0
March 11	46	26	0.07	1.0
March 12	36	24	0.00	0.0
March 13	43	19	0.00	0.0
March 14	32	16	0.00	0.0
March 15	36	22	0.00	0.0
March 16	29	20	0.24	3.0
March 17	32	18	0.13	2.0
March 18	23	17	0.08	1.5
March 19	24	13	0.10	2.0
March 20	22	-4	0.00	0.0
March 21	32	-5	0.00	0.0
March 22	30	17	0.00	0.0
March 23	36	19	0.00	0.0
March 24	30	6	0.00	0.0
March 25	22	7	0.07	1.5
March 26	22	12	0.00	0.0
March 27	26	-7	0.04	1.0
March 28	31	5	0.00	0.0
March 29	27	13	0.00	0.0
March 30	33	27	0.08	1.0
March 31	36	31	0.00	0.0

April 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
April 1	43	33
April 2	43	32
April 3	52	31
April 4	52	31
April 5	49	29
April 6	53	33
April 7	54	29
April 8	52	29
April 9	55	29
April 10	52	32
April 11	47	25
April 12	44	32
April 13	51	29
April 14	54	31
April 15	53	27
April 16	52	31
April 17	50	30
April 18	46	29
April 19	51	28
April 20	41	34
April 21	45	35
April 22	52	32
April 23	53	36
April 24	55	37
April 25	54	38
April 26	49	36
April 27	47	37
April 28	47	33
April 29	49	35
April 30	50	36

May 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	51	33	0.00
May 2	52	30	0.00
May 3	56	32	0.00
May 4	52	36	0.00
May 5	51	36	0.00
May 6	54	34	0.00
May 7	56	30	0.00
May 8	56	35	0.00
May 9	50	33	0.00
May 10	46	32	0.00
May 11	58	36	0.00
May 12	62	42	0.00
May 13	61	41	0.00
May 14	46	32	0.00
May 15	53	30	0.00
May 16	55	31	0.00
May 17	58	42	0.00
May 18	52	40	0.00
May 19	51	41	0.00
May 20	52	32	0.00
May 21	59	40	0.00
May 22	57	42	0.00
May 23	61	42	0.00
May 24	62	37	0.00
May 25	53	33	0.50
May 26	52	40	0.00
May 27	57	32	0.00
May 28	54	39	0.00
May 29	56	38	0.00
May 30	62	41	0.00
May 31	59	39	0.00

June 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	63	40	0.00
June 2	68	46	0.00
June 3	59	41	0.00
June 4	65	38	0.00
June 5	52	41	0.00
June 6	57	39	0.00
June 7	57	39	0.00
June 8	63	42	0.00
June 9	65	46	0.00
June 10	57	43	0.00
June 11	59	39	0.00
June 12	66	46	0.00
June 13	65	47	0.00
June 14	59	47	0.00
June 15	67	49	0.50
June 16	61	42	0.00
June 17	57	44	0.00
June 18	52	44	0.75
June 19	53	45	0.50
June 20	56	44	0.00
June 21	60	48	0.00
June 22	61	37	0.00
June 23	60	40	0.00
June 24	62	45	0.00
June 25	68	45	0.00
June 26	74	41	0.00
June 27	70	50	0.00
June 28	59	48	0.00
June 29	57	46	0.00
June 30	62	46	0.00

July 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	64	46	0.00
July 2	63	48	0.00
July 3	62	47	0.00
July 4	59	49	0.00
July 5	57	44	0.00
July 6	64	44	0.00
July 7	69	50	0.00
July 8	61	47	0.00
July 9	62	47	0.00
July 10	67	40	0.00
July 11	73	42	0.00
July 12	67	47	0.00
July 13	66	43	0.00
July 14	67	49	0.00
July 15	65	40	0.00
July 16	66	39	0.00
July 17	68	49	0.00
July 18	65	49	0.00
July 19	67	49	0.00
July 20	67	46	0.50
July 21	63	47	0.00
July 22	62	48	0.00
July 23	67	49	0.00
July 24	68	50	0.00
July 25	62	51	0.00
July 26	64	48	0.00
July 27	63	51	0.00
July 28	66	53	0.00
July 29	69	50	0.00
July 30	72	49	0.00
July 31	67	55	0.00

August 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	72	52	0.00
August 2	69	53	0.00
August 3	69	41	0.00
August 4	68	47	0.00
August 5	68	50	0.00
August 6	66	51	0.00
August 7	68	44	0.00
August 8	66	45	0.00
August 9	66	45	0.00
August 10	66	57	0.00
August 11	65	52	0.25
August 12	66	53	0.00
August 13	68	45	0.00
August 14	68	53	0.00
August 15	67	53	0.00
August 16	66	51	0.25
August 17	63	51	0.00
August 18	65	42	0.00
August 19	61	48	0.00
August 20	66	40	0.00
August 21	65	48	0.00
August 22	57	52	0.25
August 23	65	54	0.00
August 24	68	55	0.00
August 25	64	54	0.10
August 26	66	48	0.00
August 27	61	48	0.00
August 28	58	50	0.00
August 29	59	51	0.00
August 30	59	50	0.00
August 31	62	50	0.00

September 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	62	49	0.00
September 2	62	46	0.00
September 3	65	47	0.00
September 4	64	50	0.00
September 5	64	49	0.00
September 6	64	45	0.00
September 7	65	47	0.00
September 8	60	48	0.00
September 9	60	50	0.00
September 10	56	46	0.10
September 11	54	45	0.25
September 12	56	44	0.00
September 13	58	40	0.00
September 14	59	42	0.00
September 15	59	49	0.40
September 16	60	46	0.00
September 17	63	40	0.00
September 18	55	33	0.00
September 19	56	36	0.00
September 20	59	33	0.00
September 21	57	34	0.00
September 22	52	41	0.10
September 23	52	43	0.20
September 24	56	42	0.00
September 25	48	37	0.10
September 26	52	43	0.50
September 27	54	42	0.00
September 28	54	42	0.00
September 29	49	43	0.10
September 30	50	29	0.00

October 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	54	27	0.00
October 2	47	31	0.00
October 3	46	28	0.00
October 4	49	31	0.00
October 5	48	33	0.00
October 6	47	38	0.00
October 7	56	39	0.00
October 8	47	40	0.50
October 9	48	37	0.10
October 10	51	37	0.00
October 11	52	33	0.00
October 12	52	30	0.00
October 13	45	37	0.00
October 14	43	32	0.00
October 15	45	35	0.00
October 16	48	39	0.00
October 17	48	38	0.00
October 18	59	44	0.00
October 19	60	37	0.25
October 20	57	41	0.50
October 21	58	42	0.00
October 22	54	41	0.00
October 23	51	37	0.00
October 24	54	37	0.60
October 25	50	41	0.00
October 26	50	29	0.00
October 27	42	22	0.00
October 28	37	29	0.00
October 29	37	21	0.00
October 30	42	24	0.00
October 31	36	14	0.00

November 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	n/a	4	0.00	0.0
November 2	34	17	0.00	0.0
November 3	34	24	0.00	0.0
November 4	25	8	0.18	0.0
November 5	25	20	0.06	3.0
November 6	31	20	0.22	0.5
November 7	23	7	0.04	3.5
November 8	17	6	0.00	0.0
November 9	15	6	0.00	0.0
November 10	33	14	0.20	1.0
November 11	40	22	0.00	0.0
November 12	31	22	0.18	1.5
November 13	30	14	0.00	0.0
November 14	18	4	0.07	0.0
November 15	24	14	0.12	1.0
November 16	28	5	0.02	1.0
November 17	10	-6	0.00	0.0
November 18	16	0	0.00	0.0
November 19	21	5	0.00	0.0
November 20	35	21	0.18	1.0
November 21	26	15	0.00	0.0
November 22	31	22	0.34	2.0
November 23	24	10	0.00	0.0
November 24	36	24	0.10	0.0
November 25	48	34	0.00	0.0
November 26	47	25	0.00	0.0
November 27	28	21	0.00	0.0
November 28	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 29	38	28	0.00	0.0
November 30	32	23	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	41	14	0.00	0.0
December 3	20	10	0.00	0.0
December 4	25	16	0.00	0.0
December 5	29	24	0.00	0.0
December 6	28	22	0.04	0.0
December 7	37	26	0.07	1.0
December 8	34	22	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 10	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	27	14	0.00	0.0
December 12	32	20	0.00	0.0
December 13	34	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	41	29	0.00	0.0
December 17	34	28	0.04	0.5
December 18	34	20	0.00	0.0
December 19	29	18	0.19	2.0
December 20	28	12	0.00	1.0
December 21	14	-4	0.00	0.0
December 22	10	-4	0.00	0.0
December 23	9	-6	0.00	0.0
December 24	0	-11	0.00	0.0
December 25	7	-11	0.00	0.0
December 26	14	6	0.00	0.0
December 27	15	11	0.00	0.0
December 28	15	9	0.00	0.0
December 29	12	0	0.00	0.0
December 30	9	-5	0.00	0.0
December 31	9	-4	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1953–2024	Anchorage International Airport	location
1916–1952	Anchorage Merrill Field	location