All-time weather records — King Cove, AK

Record high
77.0°F
July 13, 1960
Record low
-13.0°F
January 30, 2000
Wettest day
4.90 in
October 22, 1968

Climate change signal in King Cove

25.7%

of King Cove's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (94 of 366 records since 2015).

7.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (28 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 #
1950s
44
49
1960s
48
55
1970s
41
90
1980s
32
38
1990s
37
32
2000s
40
51
2010s
69
35
2020s
55
16

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 1950, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1942-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 4, 2026 -13.0°F — Jan 30, 2000 2.85 in — Jan 22, 1999
February 54.0°F — Mar 1, 2020 -5.8°F — Feb 20, 2017 2.75 in — Feb 27, 1996
March 55.9°F — Mar 2, 1974 -13.0°F — Mar 12, 1971 2.98 in — Mar 5, 2023
April 57.9°F — Apr 15, 1965 3.9°F — Apr 6, 1976 2.16 in — Apr 20, 1993
May 68.0°F — May 28, 2006 18.0°F — May 13, 2012 2.13 in — May 27, 1958
June 72.0°F — Jun 12, 1995 27.0°F — Jun 4, 2007 2.92 in — Jun 23, 1996
July 77.0°F — Jul 13, 1960 33.1°F — Jul 8, 1982 1.77 in — Jul 21, 1986
August 75.0°F — Aug 1, 1961 32.0°F — Aug 18, 2022 2.17 in — Aug 12, 1951
September 75.9°F — Sep 5, 1985 26.1°F — Sep 21, 1992 2.78 in — Sep 21, 1965
October 69.1°F — Oct 13, 1954 6.1°F — Oct 31, 1999 4.90 in — Oct 22, 1968
November 59.0°F — Nov 13, 1986 1.0°F — Nov 28, 1963 3.78 in — Nov 12, 2000
December 62.1°F — Dec 26, 2021 -9.0°F — Dec 29, 1950 3.63 in — Dec 2, 2000

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in King Cove.