Anchorage Weather in 1970

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	74 °F	July 26
Lowest temperature	-14 °F	December 31
Highest daily low	57 °F	July 8
Lowest daily high	-2 °F	December 29
Most daily precipitation	0.6 inches	December 23
Most daily snow	7.5 inches	January 28
Total annual precipitation	13.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	49.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1970 was 74 °F which happened on July 26.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	74 °F	Jul 26
2	71 °F	Jul 7
2	71 °F	Jun 7
2	71 °F	Jun 6
5	69 °F	Jul 1
6	68 °F	Aug 12
6	68 °F	Jul 27
6	68 °F	Jul 25
6	68 °F	Jul 24
6	68 °F	Jul 8

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1970 was -14 °F which happened on Dec 31.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-14 °F	December 31
2	-12 °F	December 30
2	-12 °F	December 29
2	-12 °F	December 5
2	-12 °F	December 3
2	-12 °F	January 18
7	-11 °F	December 28
7	-11 °F	January 19
7	-11 °F	January 12
10	-10 °F	January 11

January 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	37	30	0.09	0.9
January 2	31	7	0.00	0.0
January 3	14	1	0.00	0.0
January 4	19	-1	0.00	0.0
January 5	15	-5	0.00	0.0
January 6	8	-5	0.00	0.0
January 7	9	-5	0.00	0.0
January 8	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 9	8	-3	0.00	0.0
January 10	9	-7	0.00	0.1
January 11	10	-10	0.00	0.0
January 12	9	-11	0.00	0.0
January 13	6	-4	0.00	0.0
January 14	6	-1	0.00	0.0
January 15	9	2	0.00	0.0
January 16	10	-2	0.00	0.0
January 17	7	-9	0.00	0.0
January 18	2	-12	0.00	0.0
January 19	12	-11	0.09	1.0
January 20	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 21	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 23	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	21	6	0.00	0.0
January 25	19	4	0.07	0.8
January 26	20	17	0.00	0.1
January 27	21	8	0.13	3.0
January 28	18	11	0.36	7.5
January 29	13	-8	0.00	0.0
January 30	17	3	0.00	0.0
January 31	23	12	0.12	2.7

February 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	22	14	0.04	0.4
February 2	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	10	0.19	5.4
February 4	17	12	0.01	0.1
February 5	25	16	0.11	1.1
February 6	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 7	34	29	0.01	0.0
February 8	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 9	28	16	0.00	0.0
February 10	33	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	24	0.01	0.0
February 12	36	23	0.00	0.0
February 13	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 14	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 15	41	32	0.00	0.0
February 16	41	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	31	0.00	0.0
February 19	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	36	21	0.09	1.7
February 21	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 22	45	32	0.00	0.0
February 23	42	33	0.03	0.0
February 24	44	33	0.08	0.0
February 25	40	32	0.00	0.0
February 26	35	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	29	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	28	0.00	0.0
March 2	36	20	0.00	0.0
March 3	31	18	0.00	0.0
March 4	27	19	0.11	1.4
March 5	31	21	0.00	0.0
March 6	42	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	34	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	33	17	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 11	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	43	25	0.00	0.0
March 13	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 14	40	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 16	44	33	0.00	0.0
March 17	49	38	0.04	0.0
March 18	43	39	0.00	0.0
March 19	43	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	43	36	0.00	0.0
March 21	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 22	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 23	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	39	29	0.00	0.0
March 25	48	31	0.00	0.0
March 26	48	40	0.02	0.0
March 27	41	36	0.01	0.0
March 28	49	36	0.04	0.0
March 29	42	35	0.05	0.0
March 30	46	37	0.02	0.0
March 31	46	35	0.00	0.0

April 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	38	28	0.00	0.0
April 2	38	22	0.07	1.5
April 3	29	23	0.09	1.1
April 4	26	19	0.03	0.7
April 5	30	18	0.02	0.2
April 6	36	20	0.00	0.0
April 7	39	22	0.00	0.0
April 8	38	22	0.00	0.0
April 9	41	25	0.00	0.0
April 10	34	26	0.03	0.6
April 11	37	25	0.00	0.0
April 12	43	32	0.00	0.0
April 13	42	33	0.00	0.0
April 14	49	33	0.00	0.0
April 15	49	35	0.00	0.0
April 16	50	38	0.00	0.0
April 17	49	38	0.00	0.0
April 18	46	31	0.00	0.0
April 19	49	33	0.00	0.0
April 20	46	41	0.00	0.0
April 21	43	36	0.02	0.0
April 22	44	34	0.00	0.0
April 23	46	31	0.00	0.0
April 24	48	33	0.00	0.0
April 25	46	30	0.00	0.0
April 26	45	27	0.00	0.0
April 27	48	37	0.00	0.0
April 28	53	36	0.00	0.0
April 29	50	38	0.00	0.0
April 30	48	37	0.01	0.0

May 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	49	34	0.00
May 2	50	33	0.00
May 3	52	33	0.00
May 4	49	31	0.00
May 5	49	33	0.00
May 6	53	37	0.00
May 7	53	36	0.00
May 8	57	35	0.00
May 9	63	39	0.00
May 10	62	41	0.00
May 11	62	40	0.00
May 12	57	41	0.00
May 13	64	38	0.00
May 14	48	43	0.27
May 15	53	43	0.16
May 16	53	42	0.00
May 17	57	42	0.00
May 18	56	37	0.00
May 19	59	42	0.00
May 20	60	43	0.00
May 21	59	44	0.00
May 22	58	45	0.00
May 23	56	45	0.00
May 24	57	37	0.00
May 25	57	41	0.00
May 26	64	37	0.00
May 27	56	43	0.00
May 28	57	47	0.00
May 29	54	46	0.00
May 30	59	47	0.00
May 31	62	43	0.00

June 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	60	48	0.00
June 2	63	48	0.01
June 3	62	45	0.00
June 4	62	49	0.00
June 5	63	41	0.00
June 6	71	45	0.00
June 7	71	52	0.00
June 8	58	51	0.00
June 9	56	47	0.18
June 10	63	49	0.09
June 11	56	51	0.02
June 12	56	49	0.00
June 13	54	46	0.00
June 14	61	49	0.00
June 15	50	45	0.33
June 16	59	44	0.01
June 17	58	43	0.03
June 18	56	51	0.02
June 19	60	52	0.00
June 20	59	50	0.00
June 21	60	48	0.00
June 22	63	48	0.00
June 23	64	45	0.00
June 24	61	54	0.00
June 25	64	54	0.00
June 26	64	54	0.00
June 27	62	54	0.05
June 28	59	52	0.11
June 29	64	49	0.00
June 30	61	52	0.00

July 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	69	49	0.00
July 2	64	57	0.00
July 3	66	52	0.01
July 4	60	48	0.00
July 5	60	51	0.00
July 6	64	50	0.00
July 7	71	50	0.00
July 8	68	57	0.00
July 9	62	53	0.10
July 10	62	52	0.05
July 11	59	53	0.00
July 12	62	51	0.01
July 13	60	49	0.02
July 14	64	52	0.03
July 15	58	50	0.01
July 16	64	45	0.00
July 17	67	46	0.01
July 18	54	51	0.19
July 19	54	51	0.09
July 20	59	47	0.02
July 21	57	47	0.59
July 22	61	49	0.00
July 23	63	54	0.00
July 24	68	54	0.00
July 25	68	51	0.00
July 26	74	53	0.00
July 27	68	54	0.00
July 28	64	56	0.00
July 29	59	54	0.26
July 30	58	54	0.03
July 31	56	54	0.61

August 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	62	52	0.20
August 2	59	54	0.02
August 3	65	52	0.00
August 4	64	48	0.00
August 5	63	54	0.14
August 6	64	48	0.01
August 7	59	51	0.29
August 8	59	45	0.00
August 9	62	45	0.01
August 10	64	47	0.00
August 11	66	47	0.00
August 12	68	53	0.00
August 13	58	53	0.00
August 14	63	50	0.00
August 15	60	53	0.10
August 16	56	53	0.08
August 17	59	50	0.27
August 18	59	47	0.00
August 19	62	50	0.03
August 20	55	51	0.25
August 21	58	50	0.37
August 22	54	51	0.19
August 23	53	45	0.09
August 24	57	44	0.00
August 25	62	41	0.00
August 26	67	42	0.00
August 27	63	42	0.00
August 28	55	48	0.02
August 29	56	51	0.05
August 30	55	53	0.11
August 31	63	46	0.00

September 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	66	47	0.00
September 2	63	50	0.03
September 3	60	44	0.12
September 4	54	48	0.33
September 5	57	43	0.00
September 6	57	45	0.00
September 7	54	38	0.00
September 8	51	34	0.00
September 9	52	29	0.00
September 10	56	29	0.00
September 11	51	46	0.17
September 12	56	48	0.02
September 13	57	47	0.01
September 14	56	48	0.00
September 15	60	41	0.02
September 16	55	48	0.05
September 17	56	44	0.00
September 18	54	40	0.00
September 19	50	34	0.00
September 20	48	31	0.00
September 21	48	32	0.00
September 22	47	27	0.00
September 23	47	26	0.00
September 24	47	34	0.00
September 25	44	41	0.13
September 26	46	42	0.05
September 27	46	38	0.02
September 28	47	41	0.12
September 29	48	43	0.00
September 30	50	42	0.04

October 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	50	46	0.23	0.0
October 2	46	34	0.11	0.0
October 3	41	25	0.00	0.0
October 4	42	22	0.00	0.0
October 5	39	24	0.02	0.0
October 6	41	35	0.30	0.0
October 7	48	38	0.00	0.0
October 8	50	42	0.00	0.0
October 9	42	36	0.07	0.0
October 10	48	30	0.00	0.0
October 11	43	36	0.05	0.0
October 12	48	40	0.01	0.0
October 13	48	41	0.07	0.0
October 14	42	34	0.00	0.0
October 15	34	27	0.10	1.9
October 16	34	26	0.00	0.0
October 17	33	18	0.00	0.0
October 18	29	18	0.00	0.0
October 19	31	20	0.00	0.0
October 20	31	19	0.00	0.0
October 21	24	18	0.04	0.9
October 22	23	19	0.07	0.8
October 23	21	11	0.00	0.0
October 24	20	4	0.00	0.0
October 25	22	0	0.00	0.0
October 26	30	15	0.00	0.0
October 27	39	16	0.00	0.0
October 28	45	39	0.00	0.0
October 29	43	35	0.11	0.4
October 30	39	35	0.14	0.2
October 31	47	39	0.30	0.0

November 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	46	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	41	29	0.00	0.0
November 3	39	28	0.17	0.0
November 4	38	36	0.47	0.0
November 5	38	36	0.12	0.0
November 6	38	34	0.00	0.0
November 7	37	34	0.00	0.0
November 8	41	31	0.00	0.0
November 9	35	29	0.00	0.0
November 10	33	27	0.00	0.0
November 11	37	31	0.00	0.0
November 12	37	31	0.00	0.0
November 13	37	27	0.00	0.0
November 14	31	19	0.00	0.0
November 15	28	12	0.00	0.0
November 16	23	12	0.00	0.0
November 17	26	20	0.40	3.8
November 18	26	17	0.00	0.0
November 19	23	13	0.00	0.0
November 20	23	17	0.03	0.3
November 21	24	14	0.01	0.1
November 22	19	5	0.00	0.0
November 23	12	0	0.00	0.0
November 24	20	12	0.00	0.0
November 25	26	17	0.01	0.0
November 26	20	5	0.00	0.0
November 27	27	15	0.00	0.0
November 28	27	19	0.00	0.0
November 29	19	9	0.00	0.0
November 30	11	-3	0.00	0.0

December 1970 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	16	-4	0.00	0.0
December 2	11	-8	0.00	0.0
December 3	5	-12	0.00	0.0
December 4	12	-9	0.00	0.0
December 5	4	-12	0.00	0.0
December 6	13	-4	0.08	1.7
December 7	17	11	0.00	0.0
December 8	27	11	0.00	0.0
December 9	19	6	0.00	0.0
December 10	24	18	0.00	0.0
December 11	27	11	0.00	0.0
December 12	29	20	0.00	0.0
December 13	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 14	32	23	0.01	0.1
December 15	29	21	0.01	0.1
December 16	29	23	0.00	0.0
December 17	28	20	0.10	1.0
December 18	32	26	0.05	0.5
December 19	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 20	28	24	0.00	0.0
December 21	35	26	0.17	1.9
December 22	35	30	0.04	0.7
December 23	44	28	0.63	0.6
December 24	43	22	0.34	1.4
December 25	25	15	0.19	3.2
December 26	22	1	0.00	0.0
December 27	3	-6	0.00	0.0
December 28	3	-11	0.00	0.0
December 29	-2	-12	0.00	0.0
December 30	3	-12	0.00	0.0
December 31	1	-14	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