Anchorage Weather in 1979

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	79 °F	July 3
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	December 31
Highest daily low	59 °F	August 6
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	0.9 inches	July 24
Most daily snow	10.1 inches	March 17
Total annual precipitation	21.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	77.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1979 was 79 °F which happened on July 3.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	79 °F	Jul 3
2	76 °F	Jul 10
3	74 °F	Jul 2
3	74 °F	May 28
5	73 °F	Aug 23
5	73 °F	May 27
5	73 °F	May 26
8	72 °F	Jul 20
9	71 °F	Aug 2
9	71 °F	Aug 1
9	71 °F	Jul 28
9	71 °F	Jul 11
9	71 °F	Jul 4
9	71 °F	Jun 23
9	71 °F	Jun 22
9	71 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1979 was -16 °F which happened on Dec 31.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	December 31
2	-12 °F	December 30
2	-12 °F	December 23
4	-11 °F	February 11
5	-10 °F	December 19
5	-10 °F	December 18
7	-9 °F	December 14
8	-8 °F	December 11
8	-8 °F	December 9
8	-8 °F	February 18
8	-8 °F	February 5
8	-8 °F	February 4

January 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 2	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 3	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 4	22	4	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	20	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 7	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 8	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 9	25	15	0.00	0.0
January 10	27	11	0.00	0.0
January 11	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 12	31	19	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	27	0.00	0.0
January 14	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 15	33	27	0.00	0.0
January 16	40	32	0.02	0.2
January 17	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 18	30	14	0.00	0.0
January 19	23	1	0.00	0.0
January 20	19	3	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	32	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	30	24	0.01	0.2
January 24	27	17	0.00	0.0
January 25	33	25	0.02	0.3
January 26	29	8	0.02	0.5
January 27	22	6	0.00	0.1
January 28	28	20	0.11	2.0
January 29	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 30	25	9	0.02	0.3
January 31	27	24	0.03	0.0

February 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	27	0.43	3.2
February 2	30	3	0.26	3.0
February 3	8	-3	0.00	0.0
February 4	15	-8	0.00	0.0
February 5	19	-8	0.00	0.0
February 6	17	9	0.00	0.0
February 7	12	6	0.00	0.0
February 8	18	4	0.00	0.0
February 9	20	2	0.00	0.0
February 10	17	-4	0.00	0.0
February 11	18	-11	0.00	0.0
February 12	15	-7	0.00	0.0
February 13	13	-2	0.00	0.0
February 14	20	5	0.00	0.0
February 15	23	3	0.00	0.0
February 16	20	-5	0.00	0.0
February 17	19	-2	0.00	0.0
February 18	17	-8	0.00	0.0
February 19	21	-4	0.00	0.0
February 20	21	-4	0.00	0.0
February 21	23	-5	0.00	0.0
February 22	25	2	0.00	0.0
February 23	22	-1	0.00	0.0
February 24	24	-2	0.00	0.0
February 25	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 26	28	14	0.00	0.0
February 27	25	2	0.00	0.0
February 28	24	-2	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	26	6	0.00	0.0
March 2	28	18	0.00	0.0
March 3	28	21	0.00	0.0
March 4	34	23	0.00	0.1
March 5	38	30	0.00	0.0
March 6	45	31	0.04	0.1
March 7	41	30	0.02	0.3
March 8	38	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	29	0.00	0.0
March 12	39	29	0.00	0.0
March 13	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 14	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	38	31	0.35	5.8
March 16	33	25	0.13	2.0
March 17	33	27	0.60	10.1
March 18	35	30	0.25	3.8
March 19	36	27	0.38	5.2
March 20	38	25	0.33	0.6
March 21	47	37	0.04	0.0
March 22	39	35	0.29	0.0
March 23	41	29	0.04	0.0
March 24	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 25	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 26	39	27	0.29	3.0
March 27	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 28	39	16	0.00	0.0
March 29	36	13	0.00	0.0
March 30	36	14	0.00	0.0
March 31	34	27	0.00	0.0

April 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	38	26	0.00	0.0
April 2	37	29	0.07	1.1
April 3	36	32	0.19	1.7
April 4	41	35	0.05	0.0
April 5	40	30	0.00	0.0
April 6	39	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	46	32	0.00	0.0
April 8	48	32	0.00	0.0
April 9	45	37	0.00	0.0
April 10	41	34	0.31	0.0
April 11	42	30	0.00	0.0
April 12	41	26	0.00	0.0
April 13	39	25	0.00	0.0
April 14	40	24	0.00	0.0
April 15	40	25	0.00	0.0
April 16	44	27	0.00	0.0
April 17	45	33	0.00	0.0
April 18	41	36	0.05	0.0
April 19	45	35	0.00	0.0
April 20	45	37	0.00	0.0
April 21	45	35	0.00	0.0
April 22	48	33	0.00	0.0
April 23	45	30	0.04	0.0
April 24	55	42	0.07	0.0
April 25	49	39	0.16	0.0
April 26	49	32	0.00	0.0
April 27	48	37	0.00	0.0
April 28	62	33	0.00	0.0
April 29	52	40	0.00	0.0
April 30	63	42	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	43	0.00
May 2	51	40	0.00
May 3	53	37	0.00
May 4	56	42	0.00
May 5	53	41	0.05
May 6	52	42	0.03
May 7	49	42	0.02
May 8	51	39	0.02
May 9	52	38	0.00
May 10	53	37	0.00
May 11	55	42	0.03
May 12	58	40	0.00
May 13	59	34	0.00
May 14	56	46	0.00
May 15	59	38	0.00
May 16	50	44	0.00
May 17	56	41	0.00
May 18	57	43	0.00
May 19	59	44	0.00
May 20	59	43	0.00
May 21	57	41	0.00
May 22	60	37	0.00
May 23	56	44	0.00
May 24	60	43	0.00
May 25	64	46	0.00
May 26	73	41	0.00
May 27	73	45	0.00
May 28	74	52	0.00
May 29	61	52	0.00
May 30	64	50	0.00
May 31	65	42	0.00

June 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	67	51	0.00
June 2	60	46	0.00
June 3	58	45	0.00
June 4	61	44	0.00
June 5	64	41	0.00
June 6	60	48	0.00
June 7	61	49	0.00
June 8	63	50	0.00
June 9	71	47	0.00
June 10	67	55	0.00
June 11	70	54	0.00
June 12	70	51	0.00
June 13	63	47	0.03
June 14	70	42	0.00
June 15	70	47	0.00
June 16	56	51	0.16
June 17	63	47	0.00
June 18	64	44	0.00
June 19	60	49	0.10
June 20	62	52	0.14
June 21	68	50	0.00
June 22	71	47	0.00
June 23	71	50	0.00
June 24	60	50	0.00
June 25	60	48	0.56
June 26	56	46	0.62
June 27	57	46	0.04
June 28	61	47	0.14
June 29	67	45	0.00
June 30	68	46	0.00

July 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	70	50	0.01
July 2	74	51	0.00
July 3	79	58	0.00
July 4	71	57	0.69
July 5	62	56	0.08
July 6	61	56	0.00
July 7	66	49	0.00
July 8	64	55	0.01
July 9	68	54	0.00
July 10	76	51	0.00
July 11	71	54	0.00
July 12	58	55	0.53
July 13	68	55	0.00
July 14	58	55	0.54
July 15	59	53	0.35
July 16	61	54	0.14
July 17	70	55	0.00
July 18	65	57	0.22
July 19	68	56	0.00
July 20	72	56	0.00
July 21	64	57	0.12
July 22	69	55	0.00
July 23	65	55	0.10
July 24	59	56	0.91
July 25	63	52	0.07
July 26	67	48	0.00
July 27	67	55	0.00
July 28	71	50	0.00
July 29	65	55	0.00
July 30	69	55	0.05
July 31	64	56	0.02

August 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	71	56	0.02
August 2	71	55	0.00
August 3	69	53	0.00
August 4	67	50	0.00
August 5	68	55	0.02
August 6	65	59	0.04
August 7	60	58	0.17
August 8	68	56	0.10
August 9	65	54	0.00
August 10	60	57	0.11
August 11	61	56	0.06
August 12	67	56	0.02
August 13	63	56	0.06
August 14	61	57	0.29
August 15	60	56	0.02
August 16	62	55	0.22
August 17	65	56	0.10
August 18	65	53	0.00
August 19	66	55	0.02
August 20	65	53	0.07
August 21	67	46	0.00
August 22	70	47	0.00
August 23	73	50	0.00
August 24	70	50	0.00
August 25	68	47	0.00
August 26	68	47	0.00
August 27	68	50	0.00
August 28	66	50	0.00
August 29	56	43	0.24
August 30	59	40	0.00
August 31	64	40	0.00

September 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	64	37	0.00
September 2	64	39	0.00
September 3	58	44	0.00
September 4	65	49	0.00
September 5	66	46	0.00
September 6	65	36	0.00
September 7	65	43	0.00
September 8	66	43	0.00
September 9	68	39	0.00
September 10	65	47	0.00
September 11	69	43	0.00
September 12	60	50	0.02
September 13	58	52	0.25
September 14	60	53	0.11
September 15	61	48	0.03
September 16	60	45	0.01
September 17	56	50	0.20
September 18	57	53	0.08
September 19	63	50	0.42
September 20	56	50	0.40
September 21	54	47	0.10
September 22	53	48	0.05
September 23	54	48	0.14
September 24	51	45	0.04
September 25	52	43	0.03
September 26	50	43	0.05
September 27	45	42	0.71
September 28	52	42	0.09
September 29	53	35	0.00
September 30	56	42	0.00

October 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	57	43	0.00	0.0
October 2	54	44	0.14	0.0
October 3	53	41	0.02	0.0
October 4	53	41	0.03	0.0
October 5	52	44	0.21	0.0
October 6	56	47	0.00	0.0
October 7	54	37	0.00	0.0
October 8	47	41	0.49	0.0
October 9	55	42	0.15	0.0
October 10	54	46	0.00	0.0
October 11	53	36	0.03	0.0
October 12	48	39	0.02	0.0
October 13	50	32	0.04	0.0
October 14	47	29	0.00	0.0
October 15	47	33	0.00	0.0
October 16	50	36	0.00	0.0
October 17	41	32	0.00	0.0
October 18	45	33	0.00	0.0
October 19	43	29	0.00	0.0
October 20	39	23	0.00	0.0
October 21	35	26	0.00	0.0
October 22	40	34	0.00	0.0
October 23	38	34	0.02	0.0
October 24	37	30	0.07	0.0
October 25	39	35	0.00	0.0
October 26	36	32	0.02	0.0
October 27	36	34	0.37	2.6
October 28	36	33	0.14	1.7
October 29	50	34	0.00	0.0
October 30	48	37	0.75	0.0
October 31	43	36	0.04	0.0

November 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	46	36	0.00	0.0
November 2	42	35	0.08	0.0
November 3	38	29	0.00	0.0
November 4	33	22	0.00	0.0
November 5	30	20	0.00	0.0
November 6	49	29	0.19	0.0
November 7	49	38	0.19	0.0
November 8	52	41	0.00	0.0
November 9	53	45	0.10	0.0
November 10	50	45	0.18	0.0
November 11	46	38	0.22	0.0
November 12	46	34	0.53	3.2
November 13	34	19	0.36	2.7
November 14	27	16	0.00	0.0
November 15	47	22	0.16	0.0
November 16	39	33	0.00	0.0
November 17	33	20	0.10	1.1
November 18	23	20	0.05	0.9
November 19	30	22	0.00	0.0
November 20	38	25	0.04	0.0
November 21	32	26	0.05	0.6
November 22	38	23	0.21	2.1
November 23	32	19	0.05	1.1
November 24	28	19	0.00	0.0
November 25	40	22	0.00	0.0
November 26	35	20	0.14	2.0
November 27	40	20	0.00	0.0
November 28	45	33	0.01	0.0
November 29	45	36	0.11	0.0
November 30	36	26	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	27	21	0.00	0.0
December 2	30	24	0.11	1.1
December 3	36	18	0.01	0.1
December 4	37	23	0.11	1.1
December 5	27	7	0.03	0.3
December 6	16	6	0.00	0.0
December 7	16	6	0.02	0.2
December 8	17	2	0.00	0.0
December 9	14	-8	0.07	0.7
December 10	19	7	0.11	1.3
December 11	11	-8	0.00	0.0
December 12	2	-2	0.00	0.0
December 13	2	-7	0.00	0.0
December 14	6	-9	0.00	0.0
December 15	5	-6	0.00	0.0
December 16	15	-4	0.00	0.0
December 17	18	8	0.13	1.4
December 18	10	-10	0.26	3.9
December 19	5	-10	0.04	1.0
December 20	18	5	0.01	0.2
December 21	16	4	0.00	0.0
December 22	4	-1	0.00	0.0
December 23	4	-12	0.00	0.0
December 24	19	-3	0.02	0.2
December 25	31	15	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	24	0.04	0.6
December 28	27	15	0.17	3.3
December 29	15	2	0.02	0.6
December 30	2	-12	0.00	0.0
December 31	-3	-16	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