Climate at a Glance
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Anchorage, Alaska
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1979
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Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1952-2019) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1979 1-Month |
49.6°F (9.8°C) | 48.3°F (9.1°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1964 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 1960 | 2014 | ||||
Ties: 1954, 1960 | ||||||
Apr–May 1979 2-Month |
43.9°F (6.6°C) | 42.9°F (6.1°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1972 |
20th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2016 | ||||
Mar–May 1979 3-Month |
39.6°F (4.2°C) | 37.6°F (3.1°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1972 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1998 | ||||||
Feb–May 1979 4-Month |
32.2°F (0.1°C) | 33.4°F (0.8°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1972 |
38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
Jan–May 1979 5-Month |
30.1°F (-1.1°C) | 30.3°F (-0.9°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.2°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1972 |
27th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 2013 | ||||||
Dec 1978–May 1979 6-Month |
28.6°F (-1.9°C) | 28.5°F (-1.9°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1972 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
Nov 1978–May 1979 7-Month |
28.2°F (-2.1°C) | 27.7°F (-2.4°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1956 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2016 | ||||
Oct 1978–May 1979 8-Month |
29.5°F (-1.4°C) | 28.6°F (-1.9°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1956 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1998 | ||||||
Sep 1978–May 1979 9-Month |
31.8°F (-0.1°C) | 30.8°F (-0.7°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 47th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1956 |
20th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2003 | ||||
Aug 1978–May 1979 10-Month |
34.6°F (1.4°C) | 33.5°F (0.8°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1956 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1984, 1998 | ||||||
Jul 1978–May 1979 11-Month |
36.7°F (2.6°C) | 35.8°F (2.1°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 47th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1956 |
20th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2016 | ||||
Jun 1978–May 1979 12-Month |
38.2°F (3.4°C) | 37.6°F (3.1°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1956 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2016 | ||||
Dec 1977–May 1979 18-Month |
35.0°F (1.7°C) | 34.4°F (1.3°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 47th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1972 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1985, 2002 | ||||||
Jun 1977–May 1979 24-Month |
38.0°F (3.3°C) | 37.5°F (3.1°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1972 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1994, 2002 | ||||||
Jun 1976–May 1979 36-Month |
38.6°F (3.7°C) | 37.5°F (3.1°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1973 |
11th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Jun 1975–May 1979 48-Month |
37.7°F (3.2°C) | 37.6°F (3.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 47th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1974 |
17th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 2001 | ||||||
Jun 1974–May 1979 60-Month |
37.4°F (3.0°C) | 37.7°F (3.2°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1975 |
25th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1985, 1990, 1996 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 15, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/