Anchorage Weather in 1961

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	77 °F	June 19
Lowest temperature	-30 °F	December 28
Highest daily low	59 °F	August 2
Lowest daily high	-17 °F	December 28
Most daily precipitation	1.2 inches	September 29
Most daily snow	7.3 inches	November 12
Total annual precipitation	19.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	66.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1961 was 77 °F which happened on June 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	77 °F	Jun 19
2	74 °F	Jun 18
3	73 °F	Jun 27
4	71 °F	Jul 14
5	70 °F	Jul 31
5	70 °F	Jul 9
5	70 °F	Jun 26
5	70 °F	Jun 14
9	69 °F	Aug 1
9	69 °F	Jul 29
9	69 °F	Jul 10
9	69 °F	Jun 17

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1961 was -30 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-30 °F	December 28
1	-30 °F	December 27
3	-28 °F	December 29
4	-27 °F	December 26
5	-25 °F	December 25
5	-25 °F	December 24
7	-19 °F	December 23
7	-19 °F	December 20
9	-18 °F	December 22
9	-18 °F	December 19

January 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	29	19	0.03	0.4
January 2	27	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 4	26	17	0.00	0.0
January 5	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 6	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 7	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 8	10	0	0.00	0.0
January 9	10	-6	0.00	0.0
January 10	7	-2	0.03	0.5
January 11	18	4	0.00	0.0
January 12	31	17	0.00	0.0
January 13	26	13	0.00	0.0
January 14	21	1	0.04	0.8
January 15	15	-2	0.00	0.0
January 16	16	3	0.00	0.0
January 17	25	5	0.00	0.0
January 18	33	15	0.00	0.0
January 19	50	33	0.12	0.0
January 20	46	32	0.38	0.0
January 21	39	32	0.84	0.0
January 22	34	32	0.07	0.0
January 23	43	32	0.00	0.0
January 24	43	33	0.00	0.0
January 25	37	31	0.00	0.0
January 26	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 27	29	15	0.00	0.0
January 28	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 29	24	8	0.00	0.0
January 30	21	7	0.00	0.0
January 31	21	4	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	19	15	0.00	0.0
February 2	20	15	0.00	0.2
February 3	26	19	0.00	0.0
February 4	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 5	38	28	0.09	1.5
February 6	31	22	0.05	1.0
February 7	27	17	0.01	0.1
February 8	28	24	0.18	4.2
February 9	25	19	0.00	0.0
February 10	22	11	0.00	0.0
February 11	21	3	0.00	0.0
February 12	18	0	0.00	0.0
February 13	15	1	0.01	0.3
February 14	19	13	0.01	0.4
February 15	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 16	23	14	0.00	0.0
February 17	22	3	0.00	0.0
February 18	20	0	0.00	0.2
February 19	22	13	0.01	0.2
February 20	29	14	0.00	0.0
February 21	23	2	0.00	0.0
February 22	21	10	0.00	0.0
February 23	25	8	0.00	0.0
February 24	22	3	0.00	0.0
February 25	18	3	0.00	0.0
February 26	26	17	0.07	0.8
February 27	22	6	0.03	0.6
February 28	31	18	0.00	0.1

March 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	21	12	0.08	1.7
March 2	17	1	0.00	0.0
March 3	16	-5	0.00	0.0
March 4	19	2	0.00	0.0
March 5	25	8	0.00	0.0
March 6	23	2	0.00	0.0
March 7	27	2	0.00	0.0
March 8	23	-2	0.00	0.0
March 9	22	-5	0.00	0.0
March 10	20	-2	0.00	0.0
March 11	15	11	0.08	1.1
March 12	12	3	0.10	2.3
March 13	9	-2	0.00	0.0
March 14	10	-10	0.00	0.0
March 15	12	-5	0.00	0.0
March 16	14	1	0.00	0.0
March 17	26	-5	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 20	35	25	0.06	0.7
March 21	30	12	0.00	0.0
March 22	28	3	0.00	0.0
March 23	27	0	0.00	0.0
March 24	32	3	0.00	0.0
March 25	30	4	0.00	0.0
March 26	33	2	0.00	0.0
March 27	36	9	0.00	0.0
March 28	37	18	0.00	0.0
March 29	38	16	0.00	0.0
March 30	42	32	0.02	0.0
March 31	44	33	0.00	0.0

April 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	43	28	0.00	0.0
April 2	41	31	0.00	0.0
April 3	43	29	0.00	0.0
April 4	44	24	0.00	0.0
April 5	44	33	0.00	0.0
April 6	45	35	0.15	0.0
April 7	43	31	0.00	0.0
April 8	41	27	0.00	0.0
April 9	44	32	0.37	0.2
April 10	44	31	0.00	0.0
April 11	41	27	0.00	0.0
April 12	42	28	0.00	0.0
April 13	38	26	0.00	0.0
April 14	36	27	0.00	0.0
April 15	39	26	0.00	0.0
April 16	38	26	0.00	0.0
April 17	33	22	0.00	0.0
April 18	35	24	0.31	4.6
April 19	35	22	0.00	0.1
April 20	37	20	0.00	0.0
April 21	41	24	0.00	0.0
April 22	40	30	0.08	1.5
April 23	46	34	0.00	0.0
April 24	47	37	0.11	0.0
April 25	46	38	0.36	0.0
April 26	43	35	0.00	0.0
April 27	52	34	0.00	0.0
April 28	50	36	0.00	0.0
April 29	51	33	0.00	0.0
April 30	52	35	0.00	0.0

May 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	29	0.00
May 2	54	30	0.00
May 3	57	32	0.00
May 4	59	33	0.00
May 5	60	34	0.00
May 6	66	33	0.00
May 7	55	40	0.00
May 8	64	34	0.00
May 9	62	36	0.00
May 10	49	37	0.22
May 11	52	39	0.00
May 12	53	35	0.00
May 13	58	31	0.00
May 14	52	42	0.00
May 15	46	43	0.25
May 16	57	43	0.00
May 17	53	43	0.00
May 18	52	41	0.00
May 19	53	41	0.00
May 20	55	38	0.00
May 21	60	38	0.00
May 22	66	42	0.00
May 23	62	38	0.00
May 24	66	38	0.00
May 25	59	45	0.00
May 26	59	37	0.00
May 27	61	42	0.00
May 28	59	46	0.00
May 29	57	40	0.00
May 30	54	46	0.00
May 31	58	45	0.00

June 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	60	37	0.00
June 2	53	44	0.00
June 3	55	38	0.00
June 4	60	33	0.00
June 5	59	48	0.00
June 6	58	44	0.00
June 7	59	45	0.00
June 8	60	47	0.00
June 9	64	44	0.04
June 10	65	50	0.00
June 11	60	49	0.11
June 12	56	47	0.28
June 13	64	47	0.03
June 14	70	49	0.00
June 15	59	50	0.00
June 16	62	47	0.00
June 17	69	47	0.00
June 18	74	52	0.00
June 19	77	56	0.00
June 20	58	49	0.08
June 21	54	48	0.25
June 22	61	48	0.06
June 23	58	47	0.27
June 24	63	47	0.00
June 25	65	50	0.00
June 26	70	46	0.00
June 27	73	50	0.00
June 28	64	53	0.00
June 29	63	53	0.00
June 30	63	54	0.00

July 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	59	53	0.09
July 2	60	51	0.01
July 3	60	50	0.00
July 4	62	49	0.02
July 5	57	51	0.01
July 6	63	49	0.00
July 7	67	44	0.00
July 8	67	51	0.00
July 9	70	52	0.00
July 10	69	51	0.00
July 11	65	52	0.00
July 12	60	48	0.23
July 13	68	46	0.00
July 14	71	49	0.00
July 15	65	52	0.00
July 16	57	54	0.15
July 17	63	52	0.34
July 18	67	47	0.19
July 19	63	54	0.17
July 20	67	54	0.01
July 21	59	53	0.00
July 22	63	55	0.00
July 23	60	54	0.00
July 24	65	54	0.00
July 25	63	52	0.00
July 26	66	48	0.00
July 27	65	55	0.46
July 28	65	55	0.34
July 29	69	49	0.00
July 30	64	52	0.20
July 31	70	51	0.00

August 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	69	57	0.00
August 2	65	59	0.00
August 3	65	53	0.43
August 4	56	52	0.46
August 5	56	51	0.08
August 6	62	51	0.00
August 7	60	47	0.00
August 8	58	49	0.04
August 9	56	51	0.55
August 10	60	46	0.00
August 11	59	44	0.03
August 12	61	46	0.00
August 13	62	40	0.00
August 14	65	46	0.00
August 15	65	51	0.00
August 16	66	47	0.00
August 17	66	54	0.00
August 18	65	55	0.02
August 19	58	53	0.00
August 20	62	52	0.00
August 21	61	53	0.06
August 22	57	50	0.11
August 23	55	45	0.12
August 24	59	39	0.00
August 25	61	43	0.00
August 26	61	40	0.00
August 27	55	41	0.02
August 28	62	47	0.02
August 29	61	45	0.00
August 30	64	40	0.00
August 31	63	39	0.00

September 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	65	44	0.04
September 2	61	49	0.00
September 3	63	45	0.00
September 4	62	39	0.00
September 5	59	43	0.00
September 6	57	48	0.03
September 7	53	44	1.14
September 8	60	36	0.00
September 9	54	43	0.21
September 10	61	48	0.56
September 11	63	52	0.03
September 12	62	50	0.12
September 13	58	39	0.00
September 14	53	37	0.00
September 15	50	44	0.10
September 16	56	37	0.00
September 17	52	32	0.00
September 18	50	44	0.25
September 19	51	42	0.10
September 20	53	39	0.00
September 21	55	45	0.00
September 22	52	44	0.51
September 23	55	45	0.05
September 24	52	41	0.02
September 25	51	34	0.00
September 26	52	30	0.00
September 27	50	40	0.02
September 28	46	43	0.21
September 29	47	42	1.21
September 30	46	40	0.83

October 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	54	41	0.00	0.0
October 2	48	42	0.06	0.0
October 3	49	34	0.61	0.0
October 4	45	35	0.01	0.0
October 5	44	32	0.00	0.0
October 6	43	25	0.00	0.0
October 7	39	32	0.29	1.0
October 8	39	30	0.20	1.5
October 9	35	23	0.00	0.0
October 10	30	19	0.00	0.0
October 11	27	14	0.00	0.0
October 12	32	19	0.00	0.0
October 13	32	25	0.09	1.6
October 14	30	24	0.19	2.9
October 15	33	11	0.00	0.0
October 16	39	23	0.21	0.4
October 17	40	22	0.00	0.0
October 18	39	18	0.00	0.0
October 19	35	24	0.00	0.0
October 20	48	33	0.02	0.0
October 21	43	32	0.55	0.3
October 22	36	29	0.00	0.0
October 23	32	21	0.18	3.5
October 24	28	16	0.00	0.0
October 25	27	13	0.00	0.1
October 26	28	8	0.00	0.0
October 27	24	8	0.03	0.6
October 28	34	22	0.26	4.4
October 29	30	16	0.11	2.2
October 30	19	3	0.00	0.0
October 31	17	-1	0.00	0.0

November 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	18	3	0.00	0.0
November 2	22	17	0.00	0.0
November 3	23	9	0.00	0.0
November 4	30	22	0.01	0.1
November 5	28	19	0.00	0.0
November 6	38	20	0.03	0.0
November 7	37	18	0.00	0.0
November 8	26	5	0.00	0.0
November 9	20	5	0.00	0.0
November 10	18	8	0.00	0.0
November 11	17	12	0.00	0.0
November 12	24	12	0.30	7.3
November 13	25	0	0.01	0.2
November 14	45	1	0.05	0.5
November 15	45	34	0.05	0.0
November 16	39	29	0.00	0.0
November 17	30	18	0.00	0.0
November 18	19	6	0.00	0.0
November 19	22	11	0.03	0.7
November 20	27	17	0.00	0.0
November 21	26	12	0.00	0.0
November 22	16	-1	0.00	0.0
November 23	11	-8	0.00	0.0
November 24	17	3	0.16	5.1
November 25	16	-5	0.00	0.0
November 26	8	-13	0.00	0.0
November 27	10	-9	0.00	0.0
November 28	17	1	0.00	0.0
November 29	21	13	0.00	0.0
November 30	21	11	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	20	14	0.13	3.2
December 2	21	18	0.00	0.1
December 3	19	3	0.02	0.9
December 4	12	3	0.00	0.2
December 5	5	-9	0.00	0.0
December 6	7	-5	0.00	0.0
December 7	13	0	0.02	0.6
December 8	26	12	0.15	1.7
December 9	30	25	0.05	0.6
December 10	42	27	0.02	0.0
December 11	39	27	0.16	0.0
December 12	34	29	0.28	0.0
December 13	38	28	0.03	0.0
December 14	29	10	0.08	3.1
December 15	10	2	0.00	0.0
December 16	8	0	0.00	0.0
December 17	4	-13	0.00	0.0
December 18	-1	-16	0.00	0.0
December 19	4	-18	0.00	0.0
December 20	0	-19	0.00	0.0
December 21	6	-12	0.00	0.0
December 22	2	-18	0.00	0.0
December 23	0	-19	0.00	0.0
December 24	-9	-25	0.00	0.0
December 25	-9	-25	0.00	0.0
December 26	-9	-27	0.00	0.0
December 27	-16	-30	0.00	0.0
December 28	-17	-30	0.00	0.0
December 29	-8	-28	0.00	0.0
December 30	17	-8	0.01	0.6
December 31	32	13	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