All-time weather records — McGrath, AK

Record high
93.9°F
June 17, 2013
Record low
-74.9°F
January 27, 1989
Wettest day
1.73 in
September 21, 2000

Climate change signal in McGrath

10.7%

of McGrath's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (39 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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 #
1930s
·
·
1940s
35
64
1950s
37
59
1960s
35
58
1970s
33
66
1980s
35
49
1990s
55
33
2000s
65
21
2010s
59
11
2020s
12
5

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 1941, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1939-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 30, 1945 -74.9°F — Jan 27, 1989 1.16 in — Jan 3, 2005
February 55.0°F — Feb 24, 1943 -63.9°F — Feb 3, 1947 1.04 in — Feb 15, 1956
March 55.0°F — Mar 20, 1998 -51.0°F — Mar 2, 1956 1.07 in — Mar 30, 1946
April 68.0°F — Apr 29, 2009 -40.0°F — Apr 1, 1985 1.03 in — Apr 22, 1960
May 86.0°F — May 29, 2013 -2.0°F — May 2, 1945 1.00 in — May 26, 1995
June 93.9°F — Jun 17, 2013 27.0°F — Jun 4, 2006 1.59 in — Jun 21, 1994
July 90.0°F — Jul 24, 2024 30.9°F — Jul 17, 2003 1.50 in — Jul 16, 1975
August 89.1°F — Aug 21, 1977 25.0°F — Aug 28, 1984 1.54 in — Aug 13, 2017
September 75.9°F — Sep 3, 1949 1.9°F — Sep 24, 1992 1.73 in — Sep 21, 2000
October 66.9°F — Oct 10, 2009 -27.9°F — Oct 30, 1982 1.36 in — Oct 6, 2021
November 50.0°F — Nov 12, 2014 -53.0°F — Nov 30, 1990 1.47 in — Nov 23, 2015
December 48.9°F — Dec 29, 1977 -67.0°F — Dec 27, 1961 1.56 in — Dec 23, 1970

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