All-time weather records — Whittier, AK

Record high
88.0°F
July 23, 1966
Record low
-29.0°F
December 23, 1942
Wettest day
10.92 in
September 20, 1995

Climate change signal in Whittier

0%

of Whittier's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
84
120
1950s
96
109
1960s
45
63
1970s
6
28
1980s
28
20
1990s
46
16
2000s
49
9
2010s
12
1

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 1942, the latest in 2011. Period of observation: 1942-2011.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 31, 1963 -18.0°F — Jan 28, 1989 7.85 in — Jan 31, 2000
February 53.1°F — Feb 23, 1943 -15.0°F — Feb 10, 1943 8.67 in — Feb 7, 1986
March 54.0°F — Mar 30, 1954 -9.9°F — Mar 30, 1944 6.59 in — Mar 20, 1999
April 66.0°F — Apr 27, 2005 -2.0°F — Apr 1, 1944 7.59 in — Apr 8, 1959
May 75.9°F — May 26, 1949 0.0°F — May 29, 1971 5.67 in — May 16, 1961
June 82.0°F — Jun 25, 1953 0.0°F — Jun 29, 1971 5.00 in — Jun 7, 1965
July 88.0°F — Jul 23, 1966 0.0°F — Jul 29, 1971 3.93 in — Jul 28, 1992
August 87.1°F — Aug 9, 1957 3.0°F — Aug 28, 1971 7.32 in — Aug 19, 1984
September 73.0°F — Sep 3, 1957 23.0°F — Sep 30, 1957 10.92 in — Sep 20, 1995
October 71.1°F — Oct 7, 1957 0.0°F — Oct 20, 1970 7.72 in — Oct 22, 1987
November 55.9°F — Nov 2, 1957 -17.0°F — Nov 12, 1969 5.84 in — Nov 18, 1962
December 51.1°F — Dec 7, 2009 -29.0°F — Dec 23, 1942 7.29 in — Dec 24, 1987

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