current run under 0.01" · longest ever 37 days (to May 22, 1978)
Wet Streak
0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 17 days
Year to Date vs Normal
196%
11.98" of a normal 6.1" · wettest 11.98" (2026) · driest 3.17" (1973)
Wettest & Driest Years
The extremes of a 72-year record (1954–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 16.39" a year.
Wettest Years on Record
1
2022
28.6in
2
1989
27.55in
3
2023
24.22in
4
2013
23.97in
5
1981
21.34in
Driest Years on Record
1
1969
8.08in
2
1973
10.68in
3
1998
11.52in
4
1968
12.08in
5
1983
12.16in
Rainfall by Month
The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Sep (~2.66") and driest in Apr (~0.39"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1989, 9.77".
This Day in History · Rainfall
Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Anchorage — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.
Wettest Jul 28 ever
0.64in
set in 2000
Rain on Jul 28
42%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 29 ever
0.78in
set in 2023
Rain on Jul 29
46%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 30 ever
0.64in
set in 1987
Rain on Jul 30
53%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 31 ever
2.00in
set in 1956
Rain on Jul 31
38%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 1 ever
0.93in
set in 1989
Rain on Aug 1
43%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 2 ever
0.53in
set in 2011
Rain on Aug 2
36%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 3 ever
0.43in
set in 1961
Rain on Aug 3
26%
of 72 years had measurable rain
This Year's Rainfall
Anchorage's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Anchorage's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Anchorage's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
