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King Salmon, AK 58.683°N, 156.656°W · station AKNthr · 110 years of record
40°F
COLDEST JUL 18 SINCE 2018
forecast low · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for King Salmon.
47° TUE 7/14 42° WED 7/15 42° THU 7/16 42° FRI 7/17 40° SAT 7/18 42° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #3 / 96
coldest Jul 18 in 96 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 18 ever 36°F
set in 2018
Mildest Jul 18 ever 55°F
set in 2019
Coldest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 18 at King Salmon. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
36 46 55 1917: 48°F 1918: 42°F 1928: 53°F 1929: 52°F 1930: 44°F 1931: 50°F 1932: 44°F 1933: 48°F 1934: 40°F 1935: 50°F 1939: 52°F 1940: 51°F 1941: 44°F 1942: 51°F 1943: 51°F 1944: 50°F 1945: 49°F 1947: 47°F 1948: 50°F 1949: 48°F 1950: 47°F 1951: 46°F 1952: 44°F 1953: 50°F 1954: 46°F 1955: 44°F 1956: 47°F 1957: 49°F 1958: 41°F 1959: 47°F 1960: 50°F 1961: 47°F 1962: 41°F 1963: 44°F 1964: 50°F 1965: 46°F 1966: 46°F 1967: 48°F 1968: 44°F 1969: 47°F 1970: 49°F 1971: 50°F 1972: 48°F 1973: 49°F 1974: 42°F 1975: 43°F 1976: 41°F 1977: 46°F 1978: 44°F 1979: 45°F 1980: 39°F 1981: 50°F 1982: 44°F 1983: 50°F 1984: 43°F 1985: 53°F 1986: 47°F 1987: 51°F 1988: 49°F 1989: 44°F 1990: 42°F 1991: 46°F 1992: 48°F 1993: 46°F 1994: 51°F 1995: 49°F 1996: 52°F 1997: 45°F 1998: 49°F 1999: 50°F 2000: 47°F 2001: 53°F 2002: 50°F 2003: 54°F 2004: 50°F 2005: 48°F 2006: 53°F 2007: 49°F 2008: 42°F 2009: 52°F 2010: 50°F 2011: 42°F 2012: 42°F 2013: 52°F 2014: 48°F 2015: 50°F 2016: 42°F 2017: 50°F 2018: 36°F 2019: 55°F 2020: 45°F 2021: 47°F 2022: 47°F 2023: 48°F 2024: 44°F 2025: 50°F 40° forecast 1917 2018 2025 Forecast low · Jul 18 40°F Coldest this date since 2018 This-date record 36°F This-date rank #3 of 96
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -48°F (1989) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1917–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at King Salmon in each calendar month, and for the whole 1917–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 53°F 1963 -48°F 1989 Feb 57°F 1991 -43°F 2006 Mar 59°F 1934 -42°F 1971 Apr 69°F 2005 -19°F 1956 May 85°F 2006 4°F 1945 Jun 88°F 1953 27°F 2006 Jul 89°F 2019 31°F 2013 Aug 84°F 1968 25°F 1984 Sep 76°F 2018 13°F 2021 Oct 67°F 1954 -12°F 1983 Nov 56°F 1986 -28°F 1917 Dec 54°F 2013 -38°F 1942 All-time 89°F 2019 -48°F 1989
Records set or tied at King Salmon so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 5 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 142 days
record run, ended Apr 4 1975
So far in 2026 119 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from King Salmon's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 48°F · forecast is -8° vs normal .
Jan: 23°F Jan: 8°F Feb: 30°F Feb: 13°F Mar: 32°F Mar: 14°F Apr: 44°F Apr: 26°F May: 55°F May: 35°F Jun: 62°F Jun: 42°F Jul: 65°F Jul: 48°F Aug: 63°F Aug: 47°F Sep: 56°F Sep: 40°F Oct: 44°F Oct: 28°F Nov: 32°F Nov: 17°F Dec: 26°F Dec: 10°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 3:38 AM Sunset 9:25 PM Solar noon 12:32 PM Daylight 17h 47m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 58.68°N, 156.66°W Alaska King Salmon's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against King Salmon's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at King Salmon, coloured by temperature — 110 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at King Salmon — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
119 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 41st most in 110 years. Normal for this point: 108 . Record: 140 in 1952.
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