All-time weather records — Seward, AK

Record high
109.9°F
February 15, 1938
Record low
-20.0°F
January 29, 1919
Wettest day
15.05 in
October 10, 1986

Climate change signal in Seward

11.7%

of Seward's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (43 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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 #
1900s
2
16
1910s
77
71
1920s
12
37
1930s
45
55
1940s
40
73
1950s
21
18
1960s
23
20
1970s
10
36
1980s
18
16
1990s
24
9
2000s
31
6
2010s
48
4
2020s
15
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 1908, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1908-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 61.0°F — Jan 27, 2014 -20.0°F — Jan 29, 1919 4.10 in — Jan 3, 1986
February 109.9°F — Feb 15, 1938 -17.0°F — Feb 3, 1947 4.09 in — Feb 10, 1996
March 77.0°F — Mar 26, 2003 -7.1°F — Mar 12, 1911 4.02 in — Mar 15, 1935
April 73.9°F — Apr 28, 2005 -0.9°F — Apr 1, 1944 5.45 in — Apr 7, 2004
May 82.9°F — May 18, 2004 14.0°F — May 3, 1945 6.64 in — May 18, 1985
June 88.0°F — Jun 17, 2013 30.0°F — Jun 10, 1922 3.53 in — Jun 7, 1965
July 88.0°F — Jul 29, 1915 30.0°F — Jul 10, 1917 3.20 in — Jul 20, 1935
August 95.0°F — Aug 12, 1966 30.0°F — Aug 3, 1921 4.17 in — Aug 25, 1989
September 84.0°F — Sep 9, 1910 26.1°F — Sep 25, 1946 9.81 in — Sep 20, 1995
October 64.9°F — Oct 11, 1918 8.1°F — Oct 31, 1975 15.05 in — Oct 10, 1986
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1969 -4.0°F — Nov 27, 1942 5.45 in — Nov 8, 1908
December 53.1°F — Dec 4, 1914 -18.9°F — Dec 12, 1977 9.17 in — Dec 5, 1934

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