Anchorage Weather in 1968

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 1968 based on NOAA data.

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1968 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	82 °F	August 6
Lowest temperature	-18 °F	February 3
Highest daily low	60 °F	August 9
Lowest daily high	0 °F	December 7
Most daily precipitation	0.7 inches	May 30
Most daily snow	6.9 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	12.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	83.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 1968?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1968 was 82 °F which happened on August 6.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	82 °F	Aug 6
2	77 °F	Jun 29
3	76 °F	Aug 5
4	75 °F	Jul 7
4	75 °F	Jun 28
6	74 °F	Jul 26
6	74 °F	Jul 24
6	74 °F	Jun 30
9	73 °F	Jul 25
9	73 °F	May 20

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 1968?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1968 was -18 °F which happened on Feb 3.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-18 °F	February 3
2	-16 °F	December 8
2	-16 °F	December 7
2	-16 °F	February 2
5	-15 °F	February 4
6	-14 °F	December 10
6	-14 °F	February 5
8	-13 °F	December 9
8	-13 °F	December 6
10	-12 °F	December 5

January 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	28	0.00	0.0
January 2	41	32	0.34	0.9
January 3	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 4	25	19	0.18	2.1
January 5	26	16	0.09	1.1
January 6	19	7	0.00	0.0
January 7	16	4	0.00	0.0
January 8	17	2	0.00	0.0
January 9	15	3	0.00	0.0
January 10	19	4	0.00	0.0
January 11	18	0	0.00	0.0
January 12	16	11	0.00	0.0
January 13	16	-3	0.00	0.0
January 14	8	0	0.00	0.0
January 15	4	-9	0.00	0.0
January 16	15	3	0.00	0.0
January 17	12	3	0.00	0.0
January 18	7	-9	0.00	0.0
January 19	5	-10	0.00	0.0
January 20	8	-9	0.00	0.1
January 21	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 22	23	13	0.01	0.5
January 23	27	15	0.14	1.7
January 24	23	13	0.00	0.0
January 25	21	18	0.00	0.0
January 26	25	21	0.06	0.8
January 27	26	16	0.01	0.1
January 28	19	8	0.00	0.0
January 29	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 30	13	-7	0.00	0.0
January 31	14	5	0.00	0.0

February 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	12	-11	0.00	0.0
February 2	3	-16	0.00	0.0
February 3	4	-18	0.00	0.0
February 4	2	-15	0.00	0.0
February 5	4	-14	0.00	0.0
February 6	21	4	0.12	2.0
February 7	40	21	0.02	0.0
February 8	44	34	0.07	0.0
February 9	41	32	0.00	0.0
February 10	36	27	0.12	0.0
February 11	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 12	38	30	0.00	0.0
February 13	38	28	0.00	0.0
February 14	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 15	34	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	27	21	0.00	0.2
February 17	26	21	0.10	2.2
February 18	28	23	0.06	1.4
February 19	25	22	0.32	6.9
February 20	24	20	0.31	4.3
February 21	21	19	0.11	2.4
February 22	21	17	0.12	2.8
February 23	28	20	0.18	2.8
February 24	30	25	0.02	0.4
February 25	35	18	0.00	0.0
February 26	35	30	0.12	0.7
February 27	48	35	0.00	0.0
February 28	44	36	0.00	0.0
February 29	40	35	0.00	0.0

March 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	36	0.00	0.0
March 2	39	36	0.00	0.0
March 3	40	35	0.03	0.0
March 4	37	31	0.00	0.0
March 5	34	28	0.00	0.0
March 6	37	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	37	31	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	41	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 12	36	20	0.00	0.0
March 13	36	16	0.00	0.0
March 14	37	19	0.00	0.0
March 15	34	17	0.00	0.0
March 16	35	17	0.00	0.0
March 17	32	19	0.00	0.0
March 18	27	15	0.00	0.0
March 19	29	12	0.00	0.0
March 20	26	18	0.12	1.1
March 21	32	18	0.01	0.4
March 22	30	17	0.11	1.3
March 23	35	8	0.00	0.0
March 24	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	32	23	0.00	0.0
March 26	36	20	0.00	0.0
March 27	35	13	0.00	0.0
March 28	31	21	0.02	0.4
March 29	33	13	0.00	0.0
March 30	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 31	36	18	0.00	0.0

April 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	34	18	0.00	0.0
April 2	36	29	0.00	0.0
April 3	43	28	0.00	0.0
April 4	44	26	0.00	0.0
April 5	42	35	0.09	0.7
April 6	37	32	0.10	1.8
April 7	33	26	0.05	0.8
April 8	28	14	0.03	0.9
April 9	29	15	0.00	0.0
April 10	30	16	0.00	0.0
April 11	33	17	0.01	0.1
April 12	37	27	0.03	0.4
April 13	36	30	0.06	1.1
April 14	41	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	41	30	0.00	0.0
April 16	40	33	0.05	0.5
April 17	45	32	0.00	0.0
April 18	40	32	0.00	0.0
April 19	43	33	0.00	0.0
April 20	45	28	0.00	0.0
April 21	41	29	0.00	0.0
April 22	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 23	54	36	0.00	0.0
April 24	51	34	0.00	0.0
April 25	54	32	0.00	0.0
April 26	44	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	45	38	0.32	0.0
April 28	41	32	0.11	1.5
April 29	43	33	0.00	0.0
April 30	45	38	0.00	0.0

May 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	47	33	0.00
May 2	48	32	0.00
May 3	48	30	0.00
May 4	47	39	0.00
May 5	43	36	0.00
May 6	46	35	0.00
May 7	49	37	0.00
May 8	52	38	0.00
May 9	53	32	0.00
May 10	53	32	0.00
May 11	56	37	0.00
May 12	68	36	0.00
May 13	63	40	0.00
May 14	62	39	0.01
May 15	49	44	0.03
May 16	56	44	0.05
May 17	63	40	0.00
May 18	68	43	0.01
May 19	63	42	0.00
May 20	73	40	0.00
May 21	64	46	0.00
May 22	54	49	0.27
May 23	52	47	0.03
May 24	54	46	0.18
May 25	61	45	0.01
May 26	60	47	0.00
May 27	58	47	0.01
May 28	60	46	0.01
May 29	58	45	0.08
May 30	55	46	0.68
May 31	51	44	0.23

June 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	57	43	0.00
June 2	63	42	0.00
June 3	54	41	0.00
June 4	59	36	0.00
June 5	60	43	0.00
June 6	55	40	0.01
June 7	58	47	0.00
June 8	58	46	0.00
June 9	65	47	0.00
June 10	67	44	0.00
June 11	58	46	0.00
June 12	67	43	0.00
June 13	62	49	0.00
June 14	66	45	0.00
June 15	61	51	0.25
June 16	65	44	0.00
June 17	62	51	0.00
June 18	64	49	0.00
June 19	67	48	0.00
June 20	58	52	0.07
June 21	59	49	0.23
June 22	59	50	0.00
June 23	61	46	0.00
June 24	58	50	0.00
June 25	65	46	0.02
June 26	58	51	0.04
June 27	68	50	0.00
June 28	75	47	0.00
June 29	77	55	0.00
June 30	74	52	0.00

July 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	58	53	0.30
July 2	55	53	0.01
July 3	62	53	0.00
July 4	68	53	0.00
July 5	72	50	0.00
July 6	68	53	0.00
July 7	75	53	0.00
July 8	68	59	0.00
July 9	70	55	0.00
July 10	64	56	0.00
July 11	63	54	0.18
July 12	56	54	0.48
July 13	65	52	0.00
July 14	62	56	0.00
July 15	57	54	0.00
July 16	65	51	0.00
July 17	69	47	0.00
July 18	60	57	0.02
July 19	71	54	0.00
July 20	70	53	0.00
July 21	68	49	0.00
July 22	72	52	0.00
July 23	69	53	0.00
July 24	74	52	0.00
July 25	73	56	0.00
July 26	74	60	0.06
July 27	63	57	0.03
July 28	67	55	0.00
July 29	69	55	0.04
July 30	60	54	0.22
July 31	65	48	0.00

August 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	58	46	0.10
August 2	60	52	0.00
August 3	66	52	0.00
August 4	70	47	0.00
August 5	76	49	0.00
August 6	82	55	0.00
August 7	72	56	0.00
August 8	72	52	0.00
August 9	72	60	0.00
August 10	61	52	0.01
August 11	62	54	0.00
August 12	65	53	0.00
August 13	68	49	0.00
August 14	63	55	0.02
August 15	65	50	0.04
August 16	67	46	0.00
August 17	64	51	0.00
August 18	68	46	0.00
August 19	69	53	0.03
August 20	58	53	0.27
August 21	65	53	0.08
August 22	62	51	0.00
August 23	67	50	0.11
August 24	62	55	0.00
August 25	67	50	0.00
August 26	64	49	0.00
August 27	66	45	0.00
August 28	64	46	0.01
August 29	63	49	0.00
August 30	62	50	0.02
August 31	59	40	0.00

September 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	63	45	0.00	0.0
September 2	64	40	0.00	0.0
September 3	64	41	0.00	0.0
September 4	51	46	0.37	0.0
September 5	56	51	0.07	0.0
September 6	57	49	0.00	0.0
September 7	58	50	0.00	0.0
September 8	62	49	0.00	0.0
September 9	57	43	0.03	0.0
September 10	55	42	0.00	0.0
September 11	59	39	0.00	0.0
September 12	57	45	0.00	0.0
September 13	61	44	0.00	0.0
September 14	57	34	0.00	0.0
September 15	57	43	0.07	0.0
September 16	53	39	0.00	0.0
September 17	53	35	0.00	0.0
September 18	53	34	0.00	0.0
September 19	52	42	0.00	0.0
September 20	52	35	0.00	0.0
September 21	52	31	0.00	0.0
September 22	50	31	0.00	0.0
September 23	53	26	0.00	0.0
September 24	47	32	0.00	0.0
September 25	45	39	0.04	0.0
September 26	51	39	0.05	0.0
September 27	54	43	0.04	0.0
September 28	54	38	0.05	0.0
September 29	45	34	0.33	1.3
September 30	41	33	0.00	0.0

October 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	45	38	0.00	0.0
October 2	46	41	0.00	0.0
October 3	49	37	0.00	0.0
October 4	48	35	0.00	0.0
October 5	45	29	0.00	0.0
October 6	44	29	0.04	0.0
October 7	41	32	0.30	0.0
October 8	44	32	0.00	0.0
October 9	45	39	0.12	0.0
October 10	43	34	0.00	0.0
October 11	43	29	0.00	0.0
October 12	43	25	0.00	0.0
October 13	36	32	0.33	4.6
October 14	37	33	0.45	5.2
October 15	37	32	0.34	4.5
October 16	35	28	0.00	0.0
October 17	35	26	0.00	0.0
October 18	35	21	0.00	0.0
October 19	33	15	0.00	0.0
October 20	30	14	0.01	0.1
October 21	32	27	0.00	0.0
October 22	37	24	0.00	0.0
October 23	34	20	0.00	0.0
October 24	40	24	0.00	0.0
October 25	38	30	0.00	0.0
October 26	37	30	0.00	0.0
October 27	36	28	0.00	0.0
October 28	32	17	0.00	0.0
October 29	30	15	0.01	0.4
October 30	35	20	0.01	0.3
October 31	29	20	0.00	0.0

November 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	34	21	0.01	0.0
November 2	37	31	0.00	0.0
November 3	37	22	0.00	0.0
November 4	33	18	0.00	0.0
November 5	34	26	0.00	0.0
November 6	33	27	0.00	0.0
November 7	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 8	36	21	0.00	0.0
November 9	29	26	0.38	5.4
November 10	27	19	0.02	0.3
November 11	22	15	0.00	0.0
November 12	27	14	0.47	6.1
November 13	28	15	0.16	2.0
November 14	18	4	0.00	0.0
November 15	23	9	0.00	0.0
November 16	29	23	0.00	0.0
November 17	30	13	0.00	0.0
November 18	31	26	0.00	0.0
November 19	31	23	0.00	0.0
November 20	27	14	0.00	0.0
November 21	27	7	0.00	0.0
November 22	19	2	0.00	0.0
November 23	25	10	0.00	0.0
November 24	31	24	0.00	0.0
November 25	31	22	0.00	0.0
November 26	32	10	0.00	0.0
November 27	19	9	0.00	0.0
November 28	23	2	0.04	0.9
November 29	22	8	0.00	0.0
November 30	11	-5	0.00	0.0

December 1968 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	15	-4	0.00	0.0
December 2	15	6	0.09	1.9
December 3	8	-4	0.00	0.0
December 4	9	-9	0.00	0.0
December 5	4	-12	0.00	0.0
December 6	2	-13	0.00	0.0
December 7	0	-16	0.00	0.0
December 8	2	-16	0.00	0.0
December 9	6	-13	0.00	0.0
December 10	4	-14	0.00	0.0
December 11	15	0	0.00	0.0
December 12	20	11	0.00	0.0
December 13	23	10	0.02	0.4
December 14	22	8	0.05	1.5
December 15	42	18	0.09	1.0
December 16	31	6	0.02	0.3
December 17	11	-2	0.00	0.0
December 18	19	7	0.10	1.3
December 19	25	19	0.04	0.5
December 20	23	1	0.00	0.0
December 21	13	-2	0.00	0.0
December 22	8	-2	0.00	0.0
December 23	15	-1	0.00	0.0
December 24	16	1	0.00	0.0
December 25	13	2	0.00	0.0
December 26	11	1	0.00	0.0
December 27	18	3	0.00	0.0
December 28	7	-4	0.00	0.0
December 29	4	-11	0.00	0.0
December 30	11	3	0.04	1.0
December 31	9	-5	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