All-time weather records — Kenai, AK

Record high
93.0°F
June 14, 1969
Record low
-47.9°F
February 4, 1947
Wettest day
4.28 in
October 10, 1986

Climate change signal in Kenai

16.1%

of Kenai's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (59 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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 #
1890s
2
9
1900s
60
110
1940s
24
43
1950s
24
40
1960s
47
43
1970s
25
56
1980s
21
20
1990s
16
21
2000s
65
15
2010s
68
5
2020s
14
4

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 1899, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1899-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 48.9°F — Jan 12, 1903 -47.0°F — Jan 4, 1975 1.32 in — Jan 16, 1990
February 52.0°F — Feb 1, 2007 -47.9°F — Feb 4, 1947 1.27 in — Feb 1, 1948
March 59.0°F — Mar 11, 1905 -41.1°F — Mar 7, 1971 1.65 in — Mar 1, 1990
April 69.1°F — Apr 28, 2005 -22.0°F — Apr 2, 1944 1.51 in — Apr 3, 1946
May 82.0°F — May 24, 1969 -2.9°F — May 28, 1971 0.88 in — May 24, 1995
June 93.0°F — Jun 14, 1969 -2.9°F — Jun 28, 1971 0.97 in — Jun 20, 1980
July 89.1°F — Jul 4, 2019 -2.9°F — Jul 28, 1971 1.86 in — Jul 25, 2013
August 86.0°F — Aug 21, 1977 -2.9°F — Aug 28, 1971 2.00 in — Aug 16, 1905
September 75.0°F — Sep 2, 1904 -2.9°F — Sep 28, 1971 2.23 in — Sep 19, 2012
October 63.0°F — Oct 1, 2003 -11.9°F — Oct 27, 1996 4.28 in — Oct 10, 1986
November 59.0°F — Nov 27, 1905 -27.0°F — Nov 10, 1903 3.01 in — Nov 21, 1997
December 55.9°F — Dec 19, 1906 -43.1°F — Dec 30, 1902 1.94 in — Dec 9, 1963

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