Anchorage Weather in 2020

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 2020 based on NOAA data.

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2020 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	78 °F	August 15
Lowest temperature	-11 °F	January 8
Highest daily low	60 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	0 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	0.9 inches	November 8
Most daily snow	8.9 inches	February 18
Total annual precipitation	17.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	93.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 2020?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 2020 was 78 °F which happened on August 15.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 2020

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	78 °F	Aug 15
2	77 °F	Jul 4
3	76 °F	Aug 16
4	75 °F	Jul 15
4	75 °F	Jul 3
6	74 °F	Jul 16
6	74 °F	May 29
8	73 °F	Jul 29
8	73 °F	Jul 21
10	72 °F	Aug 21
10	72 °F	Aug 5
10	72 °F	Aug 4
10	72 °F	Jul 20
10	72 °F	Jul 2
10	72 °F	May 28

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 2020?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 2020 was -11 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 2020

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-11 °F	January 8
1	-11 °F	January 6
3	-10 °F	January 10
3	-10 °F	January 7
3	-10 °F	January 5
6	-9 °F	January 26
6	-9 °F	January 11
6	-9 °F	January 9
6	-9 °F	January 4
10	-5 °F	January 28
10	-5 °F	January 19

January 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	22	7	0.22	6.2
January 2	13	3	0.01	0.7
January 3	9	-3	0.00	0.0
January 4	5	-9	0.00	0.0
January 5	2	-10	0.00	0.0
January 6	1	-11	0.00	0.0
January 7	1	-10	0.00	0.0
January 8	0	-11	0.00	0.1
January 9	2	-9	0.00	0.0
January 10	3	-10	0.00	0.0
January 11	5	-9	0.00	0.0
January 12	14	-4	0.06	0.7
January 13	18	2	0.00	0.0
January 14	17	1	0.00	0.0
January 15	12	0	0.00	0.0
January 16	15	-2	0.00	0.0
January 17	15	-4	0.00	0.0
January 18	10	5	0.00	0.0
January 19	16	-5	0.00	0.3
January 20	22	13	0.24	2.6
January 21	22	13	0.10	2.9
January 22	22	14	0.02	1.3
January 23	15	-1	0.03	0.8
January 24	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 25	11	4	0.00	0.0
January 26	6	-9	0.00	0.0
January 27	8	0	0.00	0.0
January 28	18	-5	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	18	0.01	0.0
January 30	30	8	0.00	0.0
January 31	17	7	0.01	0.2

February 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	14	-2	0.00	0.0
February 2	14	-3	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	13	0.00	0.0
February 4	29	24	0.00	0.1
February 5	32	27	0.06	0.8
February 6	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	23	0.10	0.7
February 9	38	33	0.00	0.0
February 10	34	13	0.00	0.0
February 11	15	5	0.00	0.0
February 12	27	14	0.13	1.9
February 13	25	6	0.00	0.0
February 14	13	2	0.00	0.0
February 15	15	4	0.00	0.0
February 16	16	-1	0.00	0.0
February 17	28	13	0.04	0.6
February 18	44	27	0.88	8.9
February 19	31	23	0.06	1.9
February 20	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	28	14	0.24	3.6
February 22	22	8	0.00	0.3
February 23	19	3	0.00	0.0
February 24	19	0	0.00	0.0
February 25	24	2	0.00	0.1
February 26	26	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	26	6	0.00	0.0
February 28	21	3	0.00	0.0
February 29	16	2	0.10	1.0

March 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	30	16	0.28	4.5
March 2	29	12	0.08	2.6
March 3	14	2	0.00	0.0
March 4	18	1	0.00	0.0
March 5	22	7	0.00	0.0
March 6	19	-4	0.00	0.0
March 7	21	14	0.05	0.9
March 8	24	19	0.35	4.4
March 9	27	17	0.09	0.8
March 10	24	8	0.00	0.0
March 11	19	0	0.00	0.0
March 12	21	-3	0.00	0.0
March 13	26	4	0.00	0.0
March 14	28	3	0.00	0.0
March 15	28	3	0.00	0.0
March 16	32	16	0.00	0.0
March 17	30	15	0.23	2.9
March 18	31	24	0.01	0.1
March 19	37	25	0.18	0.2
March 20	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 21	35	25	0.15	0.6
March 22	36	19	0.00	0.0
March 23	43	16	0.00	0.0
March 24	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 25	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 26	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 27	30	22	0.00	0.0
March 28	29	17	0.00	0.0
March 29	29	12	0.00	0.0
March 30	33	8	0.00	0.0
March 31	33	11	0.00	0.0

April 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	34	20	0.00	0.0
April 2	32	25	0.26	2.4
April 3	36	28	0.16	2.0
April 4	42	30	0.03	0.6
April 5	41	25	0.00	0.0
April 6	29	23	0.00	0.0
April 7	33	16	0.00	0.0
April 8	34	21	0.00	0.0
April 9	32	21	0.00	0.0
April 10	37	17	0.00	0.0
April 11	40	21	0.00	0.0
April 12	36	32	0.15	0.0
April 13	43	34	0.03	0.0
April 14	47	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	49	36	0.12	0.0
April 16	45	37	0.01	0.0
April 17	43	35	0.00	0.0
April 18	46	35	0.00	0.0
April 19	51	36	0.00	0.0
April 20	49	38	0.00	0.0
April 21	45	36	0.01	0.0
April 22	48	36	0.01	0.0
April 23	49	38	0.11	0.0
April 24	53	36	0.01	0.0
April 25	53	34	0.00	0.0
April 26	53	28	0.00	0.0
April 27	50	27	0.00	0.0
April 28	55	29	0.00	0.0
April 29	53	29	0.00	0.0
April 30	52	33	0.07	0.0

May 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	36	0.00
May 2	56	34	0.00
May 3	61	37	0.00
May 4	51	39	0.01
May 5	62	32	0.00
May 6	64	34	0.00
May 7	60	43	0.00
May 8	53	42	0.00
May 9	69	42	0.00
May 10	63	42	0.00
May 11	57	40	0.00
May 12	57	42	0.00
May 13	60	38	0.00
May 14	57	38	0.00
May 15	64	43	0.00
May 16	57	43	0.00
May 17	66	41	0.00
May 18	58	42	0.00
May 19	62	44	0.00
May 20	59	47	0.01
May 21	55	45	0.09
May 22	53	45	0.00
May 23	54	43	0.10
May 24	54	45	0.35
May 25	53	44	0.04
May 26	58	43	0.02
May 27	62	39	0.00
May 28	72	43	0.00
May 29	74	47	0.00
May 30	61	44	0.01
May 31	58	45	0.00

June 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	61	44	0.00
June 2	61	49	0.00
June 3	64	49	0.00
June 4	61	47	0.00
June 5	67	47	0.00
June 6	63	45	0.00
June 7	66	43	0.04
June 8	54	48	0.15
June 9	56	47	0.10
June 10	68	42	0.00
June 11	64	46	0.00
June 12	64	44	0.00
June 13	67	43	0.00
June 14	65	45	0.00
June 15	65	50	0.00
June 16	67	52	0.00
June 17	64	53	0.00
June 18	68	52	0.00
June 19	56	47	0.15
June 20	62	48	0.04
June 21	65	53	0.00
June 22	62	52	0.04
June 23	62	51	0.00
June 24	61	50	0.01
June 25	63	50	0.00
June 26	64	51	0.00
June 27	66	47	0.00
June 28	57	49	0.14
June 29	61	50	0.00
June 30	66	48	0.00

July 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	71	49	0.00
July 2	72	51	0.00
July 3	75	52	0.00
July 4	77	53	0.00
July 5	68	58	0.00
July 6	64	55	0.00
July 7	67	54	0.00
July 8	60	52	0.67
July 9	67	50	0.00
July 10	69	53	0.00
July 11	67	56	0.08
July 12	63	54	0.18
July 13	70	50	0.00
July 14	71	50	0.00
July 15	75	52	0.00
July 16	74	53	0.00
July 17	65	58	0.01
July 18	67	57	0.00
July 19	66	56	0.15
July 20	72	55	0.34
July 21	73	54	0.04
July 22	62	52	0.03
July 23	70	49	0.00
July 24	60	56	0.09
July 25	64	55	0.03
July 26	66	51	0.00
July 27	66	51	0.00
July 28	69	52	0.00
July 29	73	52	0.00
July 30	71	60	0.00
July 31	70	56	0.03

August 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	62	56	0.33
August 2	68	57	0.14
August 3	67	54	0.02
August 4	72	51	0.00
August 5	72	54	0.00
August 6	61	56	0.00
August 7	67	52	0.00
August 8	65	55	0.02
August 9	66	51	0.63
August 10	66	54	0.01
August 11	62	53	0.04
August 12	64	50	0.00
August 13	66	49	0.00
August 14	66	53	0.00
August 15	78	53	0.00
August 16	76	55	0.00
August 17	66	52	0.00
August 18	62	56	0.04
August 19	65	51	0.00
August 20	69	49	0.00
August 21	72	50	0.00
August 22	70	54	0.02
August 23	65	58	0.08
August 24	60	54	0.29
August 25	58	53	0.52
August 26	61	52	0.11
August 27	62	48	0.02
August 28	62	44	0.00
August 29	63	45	0.02
August 30	59	47	0.36
August 31	59	51	0.56

September 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	62	52	0.08
September 2	57	51	0.52
September 3	59	49	0.04
September 4	58	46	0.01
September 5	62	39	0.00
September 6	57	40	0.19
September 7	59	49	0.02
September 8	59	49	0.00
September 9	59	46	0.00
September 10	59	43	0.00
September 11	57	35	0.00
September 12	57	35	0.00
September 13	61	36	0.00
September 14	59	41	0.00
September 15	54	45	0.03
September 16	55	48	0.04
September 17	58	49	0.24
September 18	59	50	0.00
September 19	57	47	0.14
September 20	54	41	0.03
September 21	54	39	0.00
September 22	53	45	0.02
September 23	57	44	0.01
September 24	52	46	0.15
September 25	57	45	0.04
September 26	55	42	0.01
September 27	54	44	0.00
September 28	51	44	0.15
September 29	52	45	0.00
September 30	60	46	0.16

October 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	60	49	0.00	0.0
October 2	59	48	0.00	0.0
October 3	56	46	0.03	0.0
October 4	51	33	0.00	0.0
October 5	54	39	0.00	0.0
October 6	54	38	0.00	0.0
October 7	51	46	0.00	0.0
October 8	50	42	0.00	0.0
October 9	50	41	0.00	0.0
October 10	50	32	0.00	0.0
October 11	48	35	0.00	0.0
October 12	49	33	0.00	0.0
October 13	49	32	0.00	0.0
October 14	46	34	0.31	0.0
October 15	44	30	0.00	0.0
October 16	35	26	0.00	0.0
October 17	40	26	0.00	0.0
October 18	37	31	0.05	0.6
October 19	38	25	0.00	0.0
October 20	38	23	0.00	0.0
October 21	39	23	0.00	0.0
October 22	39	20	0.00	0.0
October 23	36	28	0.00	0.0
October 24	37	33	0.00	0.0
October 25	37	34	0.57	0.0
October 26	42	31	0.46	0.3
October 27	35	26	0.01	0.0
October 28	30	24	0.00	0.0
October 29	28	20	0.00	0.0
October 30	25	16	0.00	0.0
October 31	23	12	0.00	0.0

November 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	21	12	0.00	0.0
November 2	25	18	0.00	0.0
November 3	20	4	0.00	0.0
November 4	18	3	0.00	0.0
November 5	20	5	0.00	0.1
November 6	23	17	0.02	0.4
November 7	25	21	0.14	1.3
November 8	36	25	0.91	5.1
November 9	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 10	27	19	0.00	0.0
November 11	33	27	0.00	0.0
November 12	33	30	0.20	2.5
November 13	32	26	0.01	0.2
November 14	28	16	0.02	0.6
November 15	20	6	0.00	0.0
November 16	17	4	0.00	0.0
November 17	15	2	0.00	0.0
November 18	19	2	0.00	0.0
November 19	18	5	0.00	0.0
November 20	23	14	0.00	0.0
November 21	32	21	0.00	0.0
November 22	34	21	0.10	1.0
November 23	33	21	0.00	0.0
November 24	27	14	0.00	0.0
November 25	36	19	0.02	0.0
November 26	35	24	0.04	0.0
November 27	29	25	0.08	1.3
November 28	31	23	0.00	0.0
November 29	28	14	0.00	0.0
November 30	31	17	0.02	0.0

December 2020 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 2	43	26	0.30	4.3
December 3	26	16	0.00	0.0
December 4	16	2	0.00	0.0
December 5	14	-3	0.00	0.2
December 6	24	-1	0.00	0.0
December 7	34	22	0.01	0.0
December 8	37	21	0.18	2.5
December 9	28	17	0.00	0.0
December 10	23	12	0.00	0.0
December 11	21	11	0.00	0.0
December 12	21	14	0.00	0.0
December 13	30	21	0.00	0.0
December 14	29	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	28	24	0.13	1.7
December 16	29	20	0.11	1.4
December 17	20	15	0.00	0.0
December 18	22	13	0.00	0.0
December 19	22	12	0.37	8.0
December 20	25	12	0.13	2.8
December 21	30	18	0.00	0.0
December 22	43	22	0.05	0.0
December 23	36	30	0.13	0.9
December 24	34	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	27	17	0.00	0.0
December 26	27	19	0.02	0.4
December 27	26	12	0.00	0.0
December 28	41	25	0.06	0.0
December 29	29	20	0.00	0.0
December 30	28	19	0.00	0.0
December 31	23	11	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