All-time weather records — Valdez, AK

Record high
83.3°F
July 19, 2016
Record low
-9.9°F
February 3, 2024
Wettest day
4.50 in
August 29, 2017

Climate change signal in Valdez

68.9%

of Valdez's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (252 of 366 records since 2015).

41.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (153 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 #
2000s
28
59
2010s
252
202
2020s
86
105

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 2007, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2007-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 45.3°F — Jan 9, 2017 -7.4°F — Jan 16, 2011 3.50 in — Jan 16, 2026
February 49.1°F — Feb 4, 2017 -9.9°F — Feb 3, 2024 3.40 in — Feb 13, 2012
March 50.7°F — Mar 30, 2019 -2.9°F — Mar 13, 2026 2.40 in — Mar 17, 2019
April 59.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 5.0°F — Apr 10, 2021 1.90 in — Apr 24, 2018
May 73.0°F — May 27, 2022 26.1°F — May 2, 2023 2.40 in — May 4, 2018
June 81.5°F — Jun 15, 2015 35.1°F — Jun 2, 2012 2.90 in — Jun 11, 2018
July 83.3°F — Jul 19, 2016 39.7°F — Jul 8, 2012 2.20 in — Jul 9, 2018
August 82.8°F — Aug 7, 2019 41.4°F — Aug 11, 2008 4.50 in — Aug 29, 2017
September 72.7°F — Sep 11, 2018 -1.5°F — Sep 17, 2014 3.00 in — Sep 8, 2022
October 57.6°F — Oct 13, 2016 12.9°F — Oct 25, 2008 3.50 in — Oct 5, 2012
November 56.3°F — Nov 1, 2017 0.0°F — Nov 20, 2021 3.60 in — Nov 22, 2013
December 46.8°F — Dec 1, 2007 -2.9°F — Dec 18, 2013 3.60 in — Dec 19, 2011

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