All-time weather records — Akutan, AK

Record high
109.9°F
August 19, 1985
Record low
-65.0°F
November 19, 1985
Wettest day
7.58 in
February 5, 1947

Climate change signal in Akutan

15%

of Akutan's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1910s
27
48
1920s
72
76
1930s
81
36
1940s
13
10
1950s
12
9
1980s
23
92
1990s
39
78
2000s
32
13
2010s
33
4
2020s
34
·

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1915, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1915-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 11, 1952 -8.0°F — Jan 22, 1986 4.00 in — Jan 18, 1991
February 60.1°F — Feb 5, 1932 0.0°F — Feb 5, 1991 7.58 in — Feb 5, 1947
March 69.1°F — Mar 25, 1936 1.9°F — Mar 11, 1984 2.70 in — Mar 18, 2024
April 61.0°F — Apr 14, 1935 -5.1°F — Apr 1, 1997 3.46 in — Apr 2, 1936
May 66.0°F — May 27, 1927 0.0°F — May 19, 1984 3.64 in — May 9, 1941
June 73.0°F — Jun 21, 1915 30.0°F — Jun 5, 1926 3.00 in — Jun 26, 1923
July 79.0°F — Jul 9, 1917 21.0°F — Jul 20, 2006 4.80 in — Jul 20, 2003
August 109.9°F — Aug 19, 1985 25.0°F — Aug 4, 1986 6.80 in — Aug 3, 2002
September 80.1°F — Sep 10, 1939 5.0°F — Sep 17, 1985 2.41 in — Sep 23, 1939
October 64.9°F — Oct 1, 1916 -13.0°F — Oct 30, 1984 5.42 in — Oct 25, 2019
November 100.9°F — Nov 21, 1985 -65.0°F — Nov 19, 1985 6.82 in — Nov 16, 1946
December 93.0°F — Dec 23, 2019 5.0°F — Dec 21, 1983 3.60 in — Dec 1, 2008

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