Anchorage Weather in 1973

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	73 °F	June 21
Lowest temperature	-27 °F	January 26
Highest daily low	58 °F	July 20
Lowest daily high	-10 °F	January 25
Most daily precipitation	1.1 inches	August 21
Most daily snow	6.4 inches	November 22
Total annual precipitation	10.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	50.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1973 was 73 °F which happened on June 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	73 °F	Jun 21
2	71 °F	Jul 20
2	71 °F	Jul 7
4	70 °F	Jul 19
4	70 °F	Jul 9
6	69 °F	Jul 10
7	68 °F	Jul 16
7	68 °F	Jul 6
7	68 °F	Jul 5
10	67 °F	Jul 23
10	67 °F	Jul 18
10	67 °F	Jun 23

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1973 was -27 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-27 °F	January 26
1	-27 °F	January 24
3	-26 °F	January 25
4	-25 °F	January 16
4	-25 °F	January 15
6	-24 °F	January 23
7	-21 °F	January 14
8	-19 °F	January 19
9	-18 °F	January 22
9	-18 °F	January 21

January 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	12	-7	0.00	0.0
January 2	17	-5	0.00	0.0
January 3	19	13	0.25	2.9
January 4	17	3	0.00	0.0
January 5	24	8	0.01	0.2
January 6	28	22	0.00	0.4
January 7	26	21	0.00	0.0
January 8	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	23	11	0.00	0.0
January 10	18	5	0.00	0.0
January 11	11	-7	0.00	0.0
January 12	11	1	0.00	0.0
January 13	8	0	0.00	0.0
January 14	1	-21	0.00	0.0
January 15	-6	-25	0.00	0.0
January 16	-6	-25	0.00	0.0
January 17	-4	-14	0.00	0.0
January 18	0	-11	0.00	0.1
January 19	1	-19	0.00	0.0
January 20	1	-9	0.02	0.2
January 21	-7	-18	0.00	0.0
January 22	3	-18	0.10	1.4
January 23	-6	-24	0.01	0.1
January 24	-8	-27	0.00	0.0
January 25	-10	-26	0.00	0.0
January 26	-3	-27	0.00	0.0
January 27	17	-3	0.01	0.3
January 28	39	16	0.00	0.1
January 29	37	15	0.17	1.1
January 30	15	12	0.14	1.1
January 31	16	-2	0.01	0.2

February 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	11	-9	0.00	0.0
February 2	23	11	0.06	0.6
February 3	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 4	13	-3	0.00	0.0
February 5	17	0	0.00	0.0
February 6	22	9	0.00	0.0
February 7	22	6	0.00	0.0
February 8	18	3	0.00	0.0
February 9	14	-3	0.00	0.0
February 10	14	-7	0.00	0.0
February 11	12	-7	0.00	0.0
February 12	11	-10	0.00	0.0
February 13	9	1	0.00	0.0
February 14	14	-2	0.00	0.0
February 15	20	10	0.00	0.0
February 16	23	11	0.00	0.0
February 17	24	6	0.00	0.0
February 18	24	13	0.00	0.0
February 19	43	19	0.00	0.0
February 20	37	25	0.05	0.4
February 21	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	32	13	0.00	0.0
February 23	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 24	25	0	0.00	0.0
February 25	26	3	0.00	0.0
February 26	21	-1	0.00	0.0
February 27	19	-5	0.00	0.0
February 28	22	12	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	27	7	0.00	0.0
March 2	26	14	0.00	0.0
March 3	23	10	0.04	1.3
March 4	27	14	0.05	1.3
March 5	27	15	0.00	0.0
March 6	28	18	0.00	0.0
March 7	32	16	0.00	0.0
March 8	36	28	0.10	1.5
March 9	36	32	0.00	0.0
March 10	36	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	31	21	0.06	0.8
March 12	31	17	0.03	1.2
March 13	25	14	0.06	0.9
March 14	24	16	0.15	3.1
March 15	19	2	0.12	5.7
March 16	18	0	0.01	0.3
March 17	20	-2	0.00	0.0
March 18	21	-4	0.00	0.0
March 19	23	-4	0.00	0.0
March 20	29	12	0.00	0.0
March 21	33	12	0.00	0.0
March 22	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 23	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 24	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 25	39	28	0.00	0.0
March 26	41	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	37	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	40	33	0.03	0.0
March 29	39	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	38	29	0.00	0.0
March 31	38	29	0.00	0.0

April 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	39	28	0.00	0.0
April 2	40	29	0.00	0.0
April 3	40	25	0.00	0.0
April 4	40	25	0.00	0.0
April 5	40	24	0.00	0.0
April 6	38	33	0.00	0.0
April 7	40	33	0.00	0.0
April 8	41	33	0.04	0.2
April 9	42	30	0.00	0.0
April 10	39	27	0.00	0.0
April 11	43	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	40	34	0.00	0.0
April 13	39	34	0.00	0.0
April 14	42	33	0.00	0.0
April 15	43	30	0.00	0.0
April 16	42	30	0.00	0.0
April 17	42	29	0.00	0.0
April 18	41	33	0.00	0.0
April 19	42	33	0.00	0.0
April 20	45	28	0.00	0.0
April 21	49	34	0.00	0.0
April 22	43	28	0.00	0.0
April 23	43	29	0.06	0.3
April 24	36	33	0.09	0.7
April 25	38	32	0.00	0.0
April 26	40	30	0.00	0.0
April 27	44	24	0.00	0.0
April 28	45	29	0.00	0.0
April 29	43	34	0.00	0.0
April 30	41	34	0.14	0.1

May 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	44	39	0.00
May 2	49	36	0.00
May 3	49	36	0.00
May 4	44	33	0.00
May 5	47	32	0.00
May 6	46	30	0.00
May 7	50	27	0.00
May 8	50	36	0.00
May 9	50	38	0.00
May 10	48	33	0.00
May 11	48	31	0.00
May 12	52	30	0.00
May 13	55	39	0.00
May 14	55	45	0.05
May 15	51	42	0.00
May 16	44	39	0.08
May 17	51	37	0.00
May 18	52	41	0.00
May 19	56	40	0.00
May 20	45	39	0.00
May 21	49	34	0.00
May 22	47	38	0.00
May 23	52	34	0.00
May 24	51	42	0.00
May 25	52	41	0.01
May 26	51	40	0.00
May 27	53	36	0.00
May 28	50	41	0.00
May 29	55	37	0.00
May 30	57	39	0.00
May 31	53	43	0.00

June 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	47	42	0.20
June 2	47	41	0.01
June 3	53	42	0.00
June 4	59	39	0.00
June 5	58	45	0.00
June 6	57	41	0.00
June 7	56	36	0.00
June 8	47	42	0.15
June 9	51	43	0.20
June 10	50	43	0.03
June 11	59	38	0.00
June 12	58	43	0.00
June 13	60	44	0.00
June 14	61	42	0.01
June 15	56	46	0.06
June 16	59	44	0.00
June 17	65	43	0.02
June 18	60	51	0.00
June 19	54	47	0.00
June 20	56	46	0.00
June 21	73	40	0.00
June 22	61	48	0.00
June 23	67	44	0.00
June 24	65	53	0.00
June 25	62	51	0.00
June 26	59	48	0.33
June 27	59	44	0.06
June 28	65	44	0.00
June 29	65	48	0.00
June 30	63	53	0.00

July 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	65	50	0.00
July 2	63	51	0.00
July 3	64	52	0.00
July 4	63	47	0.01
July 5	68	47	0.00
July 6	68	51	0.00
July 7	71	50	0.00
July 8	65	52	0.00
July 9	70	48	0.00
July 10	69	52	0.00
July 11	60	50	0.00
July 12	61	50	0.00
July 13	64	51	0.01
July 14	64	51	0.00
July 15	65	50	0.00
July 16	68	46	0.00
July 17	64	55	0.01
July 18	67	50	0.00
July 19	70	49	0.01
July 20	71	58	0.00
July 21	65	55	0.00
July 22	64	53	0.00
July 23	67	55	0.00
July 24	66	52	0.00
July 25	60	51	0.00
July 26	64	51	0.00
July 27	56	50	0.09
July 28	61	50	0.02
July 29	62	52	0.07
July 30	61	51	0.00
July 31	56	48	0.38

August 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	58	48	0.00
August 2	62	45	0.00
August 3	62	50	0.00
August 4	61	52	0.00
August 5	58	51	0.85
August 6	56	51	0.09
August 7	59	49	0.00
August 8	63	49	0.02
August 9	62	48	0.00
August 10	61	50	0.00
August 11	54	50	0.36
August 12	59	49	0.01
August 13	61	43	0.00
August 14	65	39	0.00
August 15	61	34	0.00
August 16	61	39	0.00
August 17	66	47	0.00
August 18	63	52	0.00
August 19	66	52	0.00
August 20	63	56	0.38
August 21	59	55	1.09
August 22	59	54	0.07
August 23	63	48	0.06
August 24	58	52	0.16
August 25	56	48	0.00
August 26	57	46	0.01
August 27	58	50	0.01
August 28	57	47	0.09
August 29	55	47	0.00
August 30	54	43	0.20
August 31	51	41	0.00

September 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	56	46	0.00
September 2	60	42	0.00
September 3	60	41	0.00
September 4	54	44	0.00
September 5	54	45	0.00
September 6	60	45	0.00
September 7	51	38	0.00
September 8	55	33	0.00
September 9	53	36	0.04
September 10	59	38	0.00
September 11	52	34	0.00
September 12	53	41	0.00
September 13	52	46	0.08
September 14	57	43	0.00
September 15	57	36	0.00
September 16	53	46	0.00
September 17	57	43	0.00
September 18	57	44	0.00
September 19	51	47	0.10
September 20	50	42	0.13
September 21	51	39	0.00
September 22	53	33	0.00
September 23	49	34	0.00
September 24	49	29	0.00
September 25	44	32	0.01
September 26	43	35	0.35
September 27	47	33	0.02
September 28	47	31	0.00
September 29	47	28	0.00
September 30	49	38	0.03

October 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	50	42	0.50	0.0
October 2	48	33	0.00	0.0
October 3	46	28	0.00	0.0
October 4	43	38	0.21	0.0
October 5	41	35	0.21	0.0
October 6	44	38	0.06	0.0
October 7	41	27	0.02	0.0
October 8	34	28	0.24	1.9
October 9	40	29	0.23	2.2
October 10	35	31	0.11	0.8
October 11	40	31	0.00	0.0
October 12	32	27	0.01	0.1
October 13	33	17	0.05	0.5
October 14	37	16	0.00	0.0
October 15	38	16	0.00	0.0
October 16	36	17	0.01	0.1
October 17	39	30	0.01	0.1
October 18	39	32	0.00	0.0
October 19	38	28	0.00	0.0
October 20	36	27	0.00	0.0
October 21	33	16	0.00	0.0
October 22	32	13	0.00	0.0
October 23	31	15	0.00	0.0
October 24	29	11	0.00	0.0
October 25	36	22	0.00	0.0
October 26	37	30	0.00	0.0
October 27	35	25	0.03	0.3
October 28	37	30	0.05	0.6
October 29	40	34	0.00	0.0
October 30	39	31	0.00	0.0
October 31	35	21	0.00	0.0

November 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	31	16	0.00	0.0
November 2	28	13	0.00	0.0
November 3	26	9	0.00	0.0
November 4	23	7	0.00	0.0
November 5	23	8	0.00	0.0
November 6	26	9	0.00	0.0
November 7	25	10	0.06	0.5
November 8	30	7	0.00	0.0
November 9	20	1	0.00	0.0
November 10	30	17	0.28	1.7
November 11	24	7	0.00	0.0
November 12	14	-5	0.00	0.0
November 13	16	-7	0.00	0.0
November 14	15	-8	0.00	0.0
November 15	16	-3	0.00	0.0
November 16	16	-1	0.00	0.0
November 17	15	-6	0.00	0.0
November 18	23	15	0.00	0.0
November 19	26	7	0.02	0.3
November 20	22	4	0.00	0.0
November 21	15	4	0.04	0.9
November 22	22	15	0.30	6.4
November 23	28	20	0.02	0.2
November 24	29	20	0.06	0.6
November 25	23	15	0.00	0.0
November 26	17	0	0.00	0.0
November 27	18	9	0.00	0.0
November 28	16	-3	0.00	0.0
November 29	14	-6	0.00	0.0
November 30	17	-9	0.00	0.0

December 1973 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	16	-3	0.00	0.0
December 2	14	-9	0.00	0.0
December 3	10	-11	0.00	0.0
December 4	18	7	0.00	0.0
December 5	23	8	0.00	0.0
December 6	19	0	0.00	0.0
December 7	17	-1	0.00	0.0
December 8	29	16	0.00	0.0
December 9	31	25	0.00	0.0
December 10	29	21	0.02	0.2
December 11	25	11	0.00	0.0
December 12	21	5	0.00	0.0
December 13	11	0	0.00	0.0
December 14	18	6	0.00	0.0
December 15	20	8	0.00	0.0
December 16	22	7	0.00	0.0
December 17	29	18	0.00	0.0
December 18	35	22	0.03	0.2
December 19	41	30	0.01	0.0
December 20	31	20	0.04	0.4
December 21	25	10	0.00	0.0
December 22	17	9	0.00	0.0
December 23	20	10	0.07	1.8
December 24	23	14	0.00	0.0
December 25	28	15	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	24	0.00	0.0
December 27	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 29	37	21	0.21	4.1
December 30	25	11	0.00	0.0
December 31	22	12	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