Alaska Climate Research Center

The Alaska State Climate Center
The Alaska State Climate Center
The Alaska State Climate Center

Anchorage February 2015


Highlights

Anchorage's February monthly mean temperature was recorded at 24.1°F, 3.9°F above the 20.2°F normal. The warmest temperature for the month was 47°F on the 22nd while the coldest was the 0°F observed on the 5th.

Precipitation was near normal with 0.71" observed just 0.01" below normal. A new daily record was set on the 21st, with the 0.14" measured, breaking the old 1968 record for that day by 0.03". Snowfall however was just 10% of normal with 1.1" measured, compared to the 10.9" that was expected. The average wind speed was 6.1 mph, with a highest wind speed this month of 56 mph from a northeasterly direction on the 6th.