Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Alaska
Average Temperature Rankings, October 2020
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Period | Value | 1925-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1925-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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October 2020 1-Month |
29.0°F (-1.7°C) | 25.5°F (-3.6°C) |
3.5°F (1.9°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1996 |
26th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2013 | ||||
Ties: 1944 | ||||||
Sep–Oct 2020 2-Month |
35.5°F (1.9°C) | 33.0°F (0.6°C) |
2.5°F (1.3°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1992 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
Aug–Oct 2020 3-Month |
41.0°F (5.0°C) | 38.5°F (3.6°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1996 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1937, 1957, 1977, 2005, 2017 | ||||||
Jul–Oct 2020 4-Month |
44.1°F (6.7°C) | 42.0°F (5.6°C) |
2.1°F (1.1°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1970 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1993, 1995 | ||||||
Jun–Oct 2020 5-Month |
45.4°F (7.4°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1970 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1925, 1977, 2002, 2009 | ||||||
May–Oct 2020 6-Month |
45.1°F (7.3°C) | 42.6°F (5.9°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1965, 1970 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Apr–Oct 2020 7-Month |
42.6°F (5.9°C) | 39.8°F (4.3°C) |
2.8°F (1.6°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1985 |
10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016, 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2005 | ||||||
Mar–Oct 2020 8-Month |
38.8°F (3.8°C) | 36.2°F (2.3°C) |
2.6°F (1.5°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1971 |
10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1957, 1990 | ||||||
Feb–Oct 2020 9-Month |
34.6°F (1.4°C) | 32.7°F (0.4°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 76th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1971 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2014 | ||||||
Jan–Oct 2020 10-Month |
30.5°F (-0.8°C) | 29.6°F (-1.3°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 2012 | 1971 |
38th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1937, 1962, 1994 | ||||||
Dec 2019–Oct 2020 11-Month |
28.4°F (-2.0°C) | 27.3°F (-2.6°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1971 |
35th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1991, 2013 | ||||||
Nov 2019–Oct 2020 12-Month |
27.6°F (-2.4°C) | 25.9°F (-3.4°C) |
1.7°F (1.0°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1956 |
25th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 2010 | ||||||
May 2019–Oct 2020 18-Month |
34.1°F (1.2°C) | 31.5°F (-0.3°C) |
2.6°F (1.5°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1956, 1971 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2017 | ||||||
Nov 2018–Oct 2020 24-Month |
30.0°F (-1.1°C) | 26.0°F (-3.3°C) |
4.0°F (2.2°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1972 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2015 | ||||||
Nov 2017–Oct 2020 36-Month |
30.3°F (-0.9°C) | 25.9°F (-3.4°C) |
4.4°F (2.5°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1973 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Nov 2016–Oct 2020 48-Month |
29.7°F (-1.3°C) | 25.9°F (-3.4°C) |
3.8°F (2.1°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1974 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2016 | ||||||
Nov 2015–Oct 2020 60-Month |
30.3°F (-0.9°C) | 25.9°F (-3.4°C) |
4.4°F (2.5°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1975 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2018 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 27, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/