All-time weather records — Wainwright, AK

Record high
84.0°F
July 24, 2023
Record low
-56.9°F
September 26, 1999
Wettest day
4.00 in
July 28, 1963

Climate change signal in Wainwright

27%

of Wainwright's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (99 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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
17
14
1940s
17
63
1950s
56
94
1960s
54
153
1990s
4
9
2000s
82
29
2010s
107
4
2020s
29
·

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 1935, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1935-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 39.9°F — Jan 14, 2003 -50.1°F — Jan 1, 1956 0.20 in — Jan 6, 1956
February 45.0°F — Feb 4, 2007 -56.0°F — Feb 15, 1964 0.56 in — Feb 19, 2006
March 50.0°F — Mar 1, 1945 -49.0°F — Mar 14, 1966 0.15 in — Mar 13, 1953
April 43.0°F — Apr 21, 1936 -40.0°F — Apr 4, 1943 2.07 in — Apr 28, 1965
May 61.0°F — May 30, 2016 -16.1°F — May 3, 1948 1.05 in — May 24, 1965
June 73.9°F — Jun 17, 2016 0.0°F — Jun 21, 2005 2.90 in — Jun 25, 1936
July 84.0°F — Jul 24, 2023 21.9°F — Jul 9, 1961 4.00 in — Jul 28, 1963
August 75.9°F — Aug 4, 1950 21.0°F — Aug 26, 1955 4.00 in — Aug 18, 1965
September 70.0°F — Sep 10, 1965 -56.9°F — Sep 26, 1999 0.80 in — Sep 28, 1936
October 44.1°F — Oct 1, 2019 -18.9°F — Oct 30, 1964 2.05 in — Oct 7, 1958
November 37.0°F — Nov 4, 2003 -45.9°F — Nov 30, 1948 0.18 in — Nov 22, 2010
December 39.0°F — Dec 4, 2022 -50.1°F — Dec 31, 1955 0.19 in — Dec 21, 1955

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