Anchorage Weather in 1971

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 1971 based on NOAA data.

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1971 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	75 °F	July 10
Lowest temperature	-24 °F	March 7
Highest daily low	58 °F	July 12
Lowest daily high	-13 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	0.8 inches	July 27
Most daily snow	7.7 inches	February 28
Total annual precipitation	14.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	71.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 1971?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1971 was 75 °F which happened on July 10.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	75 °F	Jul 10
2	74 °F	Jul 12
2	74 °F	Jul 11
4	73 °F	Jul 9
4	73 °F	Jun 6
6	71 °F	Jun 5
7	69 °F	Jul 5
7	69 °F	Jun 25
9	68 °F	Aug 15
9	68 °F	Jul 8

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 1971?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1971 was -24 °F which happened on Mar 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-24 °F	March 7
2	-23 °F	March 6
3	-22 °F	January 24
4	-21 °F	January 25
5	-19 °F	March 9
6	-18 °F	March 8
6	-18 °F	January 23
8	-17 °F	February 26
8	-17 °F	January 21
10	-16 °F	January 22
10	-16 °F	January 19
10	-16 °F	January 18

January 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	8	-12	0.03	1.2
January 2	24	6	0.00	0.0
January 3	30	24	0.00	0.0
January 4	37	30	0.17	0.0
January 5	41	33	0.04	0.0
January 6	33	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	17	5	0.00	0.0
January 8	18	2	0.00	0.0
January 9	13	-3	0.00	0.0
January 10	11	-5	0.00	0.0
January 11	8	-6	0.00	0.0
January 12	10	-5	0.00	0.0
January 13	17	-5	0.00	0.0
January 14	23	-3	0.00	0.0
January 15	19	2	0.00	0.0
January 16	4	-12	0.00	0.0
January 17	-7	-14	0.00	0.0
January 18	-6	-16	0.00	0.0
January 19	-5	-16	0.00	0.0
January 20	-2	-12	0.00	0.0
January 21	-6	-17	0.00	0.0
January 22	-5	-16	0.00	0.0
January 23	-11	-18	0.00	0.0
January 24	-13	-22	0.00	0.0
January 25	3	-21	0.00	0.0
January 26	7	-9	0.00	0.0
January 27	6	-11	0.00	0.0
January 28	4	-14	0.00	0.0
January 29	6	-14	0.00	0.0
January 30	5	-12	0.00	0.0
January 31	23	4	0.00	0.0

February 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	27	10	0.02	0.4
February 2	19	0	0.00	0.0
February 3	12	-6	0.00	0.0
February 4	17	-9	0.00	0.0
February 5	27	16	0.16	2.0
February 6	34	27	0.23	3.6
February 7	45	34	0.01	0.0
February 8	43	33	0.13	0.0
February 9	38	36	0.21	0.1
February 10	36	19	0.02	0.2
February 11	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 12	33	23	0.07	2.0
February 13	31	26	0.03	0.2
February 14	28	15	0.00	0.0
February 15	27	7	0.00	0.0
February 16	30	21	0.00	0.0
February 17	34	23	0.00	0.0
February 18	32	27	0.02	0.2
February 19	33	19	0.03	0.3
February 20	36	31	0.01	0.0
February 21	38	33	0.03	0.2
February 22	33	21	0.03	0.3
February 23	21	6	0.02	0.9
February 24	10	-10	0.00	0.0
February 25	6	-15	0.00	0.0
February 26	6	-17	0.00	0.0
February 27	10	-2	0.02	0.4
February 28	19	9	0.45	7.7

March 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	25	18	0.00	0.0
March 2	18	8	0.20	2.7
March 3	12	-4	0.00	0.0
March 4	2	-10	0.00	0.0
March 5	0	-9	0.00	0.0
March 6	1	-23	0.00	0.0
March 7	-2	-24	0.05	0.7
March 8	7	-18	0.00	0.0
March 9	7	-19	0.00	0.0
March 10	18	4	0.00	0.0
March 11	18	13	0.35	5.7
March 12	19	9	0.03	0.4
March 13	19	5	0.07	1.6
March 14	22	-1	0.00	0.0
March 15	22	-4	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	18	0.00	0.0
March 17	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	36	15	0.00	0.0
March 19	34	10	0.00	0.0
March 20	34	8	0.00	0.0
March 21	35	6	0.00	0.0
March 22	31	6	0.00	0.0
March 23	29	3	0.00	0.0
March 24	28	5	0.00	0.0
March 25	30	4	0.00	0.0
March 26	29	13	0.00	0.0
March 27	33	19	0.00	0.0
March 28	39	19	0.00	0.0
March 29	36	18	0.00	0.0
March 30	34	16	0.00	0.0
March 31	33	17	0.00	0.0

April 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	33	19	0.00	0.1
April 2	35	14	0.00	0.0
April 3	39	26	0.00	0.0
April 4	39	28	0.00	0.0
April 5	39	24	0.00	0.0
April 6	33	28	0.02	0.4
April 7	37	21	0.00	0.2
April 8	38	20	0.00	0.0
April 9	32	19	0.00	0.0
April 10	32	19	0.00	0.0
April 11	27	17	0.08	1.1
April 12	40	27	0.00	0.0
April 13	37	30	0.02	0.0
April 14	36	30	0.07	1.0
April 15	38	29	0.04	1.0
April 16	42	30	0.02	0.5
April 17	41	32	0.00	0.0
April 18	42	32	0.00	0.0
April 19	39	29	0.00	0.0
April 20	42	27	0.00	0.0
April 21	43	28	0.00	0.0
April 22	43	31	0.00	0.0
April 23	46	33	0.00	0.0
April 24	42	29	0.00	0.0
April 25	48	35	0.00	0.0
April 26	46	32	0.00	0.0
April 27	45	34	0.00	0.0
April 28	47	33	0.06	0.6
April 29	36	29	0.32	3.4
April 30	46	33	0.00	0.0

May 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	43	31	0.00
May 2	43	34	0.20
May 3	44	33	0.00
May 4	46	32	0.00
May 5	44	34	0.00
May 6	42	34	0.23
May 7	42	31	0.00
May 8	43	28	0.00
May 9	45	34	0.00
May 10	46	33	0.00
May 11	46	33	0.00
May 12	51	38	0.00
May 13	47	38	0.00
May 14	50	36	0.00
May 15	48	30	0.00
May 16	50	33	0.00
May 17	44	35	0.00
May 18	49	34	0.00
May 19	52	40	0.00
May 20	51	39	0.00
May 21	51	37	0.00
May 22	48	40	0.00
May 23	46	37	0.00
May 24	53	39	0.00
May 25	55	39	0.00
May 26	48	42	0.00
May 27	46	41	0.00
May 28	48	40	0.01
May 29	51	40	0.00
May 30	48	40	0.02
May 31	47	39	0.06

June 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	49	39	0.00
June 2	48	41	0.00
June 3	56	41	0.01
June 4	62	37	0.00
June 5	71	39	0.00
June 6	73	37	0.00
June 7	65	45	0.00
June 8	57	42	0.00
June 9	58	46	0.00
June 10	60	47	0.00
June 11	54	47	0.00
June 12	49	45	0.11
June 13	57	44	0.01
June 14	53	46	0.00
June 15	54	44	0.01
June 16	54	42	0.00
June 17	47	45	0.06
June 18	53	44	0.04
June 19	58	42	0.00
June 20	60	43	0.01
June 21	58	44	0.01
June 22	64	38	0.00
June 23	66	48	0.00
June 24	64	47	0.00
June 25	69	45	0.00
June 26	62	51	0.00
June 27	60	48	0.00
June 28	55	49	0.00
June 29	56	48	0.10
June 30	56	46	0.01

July 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	54	42	0.01
July 2	59	43	0.01
July 3	62	48	0.00
July 4	64	46	0.00
July 5	69	44	0.00
July 6	67	49	0.00
July 7	63	47	0.00
July 8	68	53	0.00
July 9	73	53	0.00
July 10	75	53	0.00
July 11	74	54	0.00
July 12	74	58	0.02
July 13	59	55	0.32
July 14	61	54	0.01
July 15	63	54	0.00
July 16	65	54	0.00
July 17	63	54	0.00
July 18	59	46	0.01
July 19	59	47	0.28
July 20	56	48	0.19
July 21	62	40	0.00
July 22	58	47	0.00
July 23	58	48	0.09
July 24	52	47	0.54
July 25	56	49	0.13
July 26	56	49	0.00
July 27	50	46	0.84
July 28	57	44	0.12
July 29	61	44	0.00
July 30	57	52	0.16
July 31	62	52	0.13

August 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	56	52	0.11
August 2	59	52	0.06
August 3	66	48	0.00
August 4	67	43	0.00
August 5	56	51	0.15
August 6	56	52	0.60
August 7	64	52	0.16
August 8	57	53	0.79
August 9	60	54	0.08
August 10	67	54	0.00
August 11	65	50	0.00
August 12	66	49	0.00
August 13	58	47	0.19
August 14	66	45	0.00
August 15	68	43	0.00
August 16	67	44	0.00
August 17	59	53	0.00
August 18	60	51	0.00
August 19	60	52	0.02
August 20	63	50	0.00
August 21	61	47	0.00
August 22	58	46	0.00
August 23	66	46	0.00
August 24	59	50	0.00
August 25	59	50	0.00
August 26	62	50	0.04
August 27	59	46	0.00
August 28	60	42	0.00
August 29	59	47	0.00
August 30	54	48	0.23
August 31	58	50	0.15

September 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	n/a	50	0.18
September 2	56	47	0.00
September 3	56	44	0.01
September 4	55	43	0.13
September 5	48	41	0.46
September 6	49	39	0.00
September 7	52	43	0.01
September 8	54	44	0.00
September 9	55	38	0.00
September 10	57	37	0.00
September 11	57	36	0.00
September 12	57	43	0.00
September 13	55	39	0.30
September 14	58	39	0.00
September 15	47	36	0.00
September 16	58	45	0.01
September 17	57	40	0.00
September 18	56	38	0.00
September 19	50	43	0.02
September 20	53	48	0.17
September 21	50	45	0.26
September 22	52	38	0.00
September 23	52	36	0.00
September 24	55	35	0.00
September 25	53	34	0.00
September 26	52	31	0.00
September 27	46	28	0.00
September 28	45	32	0.00
September 29	42	39	0.17
September 30	43	39	0.07

October 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	44	41	0.59	0.0
October 2	46	36	0.03	0.0
October 3	40	34	0.05	0.0
October 4	35	29	0.03	0.5
October 5	38	30	0.00	0.0
October 6	40	29	0.00	0.0
October 7	40	36	0.03	0.0
October 8	48	39	0.06	0.0
October 9	45	39	0.00	0.0
October 10	45	38	0.11	0.0
October 11	45	33	0.00	0.0
October 12	39	35	0.05	0.0
October 13	42	26	0.00	0.0
October 14	35	25	0.03	0.3
October 15	37	34	0.17	0.1
October 16	45	36	0.32	0.0
October 17	45	35	0.02	0.0
October 18	42	28	0.00	0.0
October 19	36	23	0.00	0.0
October 20	34	23	0.00	0.0
October 21	36	24	0.00	0.0
October 22	38	23	0.24	3.3
October 23	31	12	0.04	0.8
October 24	26	7	0.00	0.0
October 25	29	2	0.00	0.0
October 26	27	19	0.00	0.0
October 27	34	24	0.08	1.4
October 28	34	20	0.12	3.0
October 29	28	17	0.00	0.0
October 30	28	23	0.17	2.2
October 31	36	12	0.02	0.3

November 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	27	7	0.05	0.7
November 2	27	11	0.00	0.1
November 3	22	3	0.00	0.0
November 4	23	4	0.00	0.0
November 5	29	17	0.00	0.0
November 6	29	23	0.00	0.0
November 7	31	19	0.00	0.0
November 8	29	14	0.00	0.0
November 9	23	14	0.00	0.0
November 10	25	17	0.05	0.6
November 11	30	18	0.03	0.2
November 12	30	29	0.00	0.0
November 13	29	20	0.00	0.0
November 14	28	19	0.12	1.5
November 15	31	20	0.00	0.0
November 16	29	15	0.00	0.0
November 17	38	29	0.02	0.3
November 18	40	26	0.09	0.0
November 19	37	25	0.02	0.0
November 20	39	23	0.00	0.0
November 21	29	21	0.16	2.1
November 22	21	6	0.00	0.0
November 23	12	0	0.00	0.0
November 24	14	-2	0.00	0.0
November 25	17	-6	0.00	0.0
November 26	14	-2	0.00	0.0
November 27	10	-7	0.00	0.0
November 28	11	-3	0.10	1.6
November 29	6	-3	0.00	0.1
November 30	7	1	0.03	1.0

December 1971 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	17	5	0.00	0.0
December 2	14	-1	0.00	0.0
December 3	19	12	0.15	3.3
December 4	14	-4	0.01	0.3
December 5	17	-1	0.01	0.2
December 6	26	16	0.02	0.9
December 7	31	26	0.00	0.0
December 8	31	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	26	1	0.00	0.0
December 10	13	-1	0.02	0.3
December 11	9	-7	0.00	0.0
December 12	15	-12	0.07	0.9
December 13	19	9	0.00	0.0
December 14	21	7	0.06	0.7
December 15	27	21	0.03	0.4
December 16	28	7	0.00	0.0
December 17	31	5	0.18	1.3
December 18	33	25	0.03	0.0
December 19	30	6	0.01	0.1
December 20	11	0	0.00	0.0
December 21	8	-12	0.00	0.0
December 22	13	-5	0.00	0.0
December 23	16	2	0.03	0.3
December 24	19	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	27	19	0.05	0.3
December 26	29	26	0.12	1.6
December 27	42	21	0.00	0.0
December 28	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 29	27	17	0.00	0.0
December 30	28	20	0.08	1.2
December 31	29	22	0.01	0.3

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Weather Station Details

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