All-time weather records — Pelican, AK

Record high
91.9°F
August 16, 2004
Record low
-2.9°F
January 14, 1971
Wettest day
9.75 in
December 2, 2020

Climate change signal in Pelican

29.8%

of Pelican's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (109 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 #
1960s
24
30
1970s
56
115
1980s
61
119
2000s
81
53
2010s
103
33
2020s
41
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 1967, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1967-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 15, 2018 -2.9°F — Jan 14, 1971 5.74 in — Jan 14, 2014
February 53.1°F — Feb 19, 1977 -2.0°F — Feb 11, 1975 6.01 in — Feb 19, 1988
March 60.1°F — Mar 20, 2019 5.0°F — Mar 7, 1972 4.12 in — Mar 18, 2019
April 75.9°F — Apr 27, 2003 15.1°F — Apr 8, 1968 3.14 in — Apr 10, 1978
May 81.0°F — May 28, 2010 23.0°F — May 28, 1971 3.60 in — May 18, 1972
June 87.1°F — Jun 20, 2004 28.9°F — Jun 8, 1981 2.91 in — Jun 5, 2015
July 84.0°F — Jul 8, 1975 37.9°F — Jul 2, 1986 4.29 in — Jul 7, 1970
August 91.9°F — Aug 16, 2004 33.1°F — Aug 28, 1984 6.76 in — Aug 13, 2021
September 75.9°F — Sep 4, 1977 27.0°F — Sep 27, 1983 6.64 in — Sep 14, 1967
October 68.0°F — Oct 3, 2003 15.1°F — Oct 30, 1984 8.34 in — Oct 15, 2018
November 61.0°F — Nov 1, 1970 3.0°F — Nov 26, 1985 8.41 in — Nov 19, 2005
December 52.0°F — Dec 2, 2020 -0.9°F — Dec 2, 1970 9.75 in — Dec 2, 2020

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