All-time weather records — Palmer, AK

Record high
88.0°F
May 27, 2011
Record low
-38.9°F
March 5, 2007
Wettest day
4.00 in
February 20, 2019

Climate change signal in Palmer

16.9%

of Palmer's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (62 of 366 records since 2015).

10.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (40 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 #
1940s
4
1
1950s
40
78
1960s
42
90
1970s
30
63
1980s
41
47
1990s
34
40
2000s
62
4
2010s
104
3
2020s
9
40

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 1949, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1948-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 27, 2014 -36.9°F — Jan 5, 1975 1.40 in — Jan 1, 1981
February 54.0°F — Feb 12, 1980 -35.0°F — Feb 2, 2024 4.00 in — Feb 20, 2019
March 75.9°F — Mar 22, 1983 -38.9°F — Mar 5, 2007 2.34 in — Mar 17, 1995
April 75.9°F — Apr 28, 2005 -8.0°F — Apr 7, 1986 1.20 in — Apr 28, 2015
May 88.0°F — May 27, 2011 15.1°F — May 9, 1964 1.37 in — May 31, 1997
June 87.1°F — Jun 16, 1969 30.0°F — Jun 5, 2021 1.37 in — Jun 22, 1957
July 88.0°F — Jul 8, 2019 32.0°F — Jul 14, 2010 1.96 in — Jul 21, 1986
August 84.9°F — Aug 16, 2004 26.1°F — Aug 30, 1955 2.00 in — Aug 20, 2011
September 73.0°F — Sep 1, 1974 15.1°F — Sep 23, 1992 1.60 in — Sep 15, 1980
October 66.0°F — Oct 2, 1954 -8.0°F — Oct 26, 1996 1.90 in — Oct 26, 1993
November 59.0°F — Nov 19, 1949 -26.0°F — Nov 29, 1990 2.21 in — Nov 19, 1964
December 54.0°F — Dec 21, 1969 -38.0°F — Dec 29, 1961 1.20 in — Dec 1, 1976

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