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Cold Bay, AK 55.221°N, 162.732°W · station CDBthr · 85 years of record
43°F
COLDEST JUL 17 SINCE 2014
forecast low · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Cold Bay.
47° TUE 7/14 44° WED 7/15 45° THU 7/16 43° FRI 7/17 44° SAT 7/18 45° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #12 / 84
coldest Jul 17 in 84 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 17 ever 40°F
set in 1951
Mildest Jul 17 ever 53°F
set in 2019
Coldest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 17 at Cold Bay. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
40 46 53 1942: 45°F 1943: 48°F 1944: 42°F 1945: 49°F 1946: 45°F 1947: 43°F 1948: 48°F 1949: 44°F 1950: 47°F 1951: 40°F 1952: 44°F 1953: 45°F 1954: 45°F 1955: 45°F 1956: 44°F 1957: 49°F 1958: 44°F 1959: 43°F 1960: 49°F 1961: 44°F 1962: 48°F 1963: 45°F 1964: 43°F 1965: 45°F 1966: 42°F 1967: 45°F 1968: 47°F 1969: 50°F 1970: 40°F 1971: 41°F 1972: 44°F 1973: 42°F 1974: 49°F 1975: 45°F 1976: 44°F 1977: 50°F 1978: 46°F 1979: 50°F 1980: 47°F 1981: 48°F 1982: 44°F 1983: 47°F 1984: 45°F 1985: 49°F 1986: 47°F 1987: 49°F 1988: 47°F 1989: 44°F 1990: 49°F 1991: 44°F 1992: 44°F 1993: 45°F 1994: 48°F 1995: 49°F 1996: 49°F 1997: 50°F 1998: 47°F 1999: 48°F 2000: 44°F 2001: 49°F 2002: 50°F 2003: 49°F 2004: 50°F 2005: 48°F 2006: 50°F 2007: 48°F 2008: 45°F 2009: 48°F 2010: 48°F 2011: 46°F 2012: 43°F 2013: 52°F 2014: 43°F 2015: 48°F 2016: 50°F 2017: 50°F 2018: 45°F 2019: 53°F 2020: 50°F 2021: 49°F 2022: 46°F 2023: 46°F 2024: 45°F 2025: 50°F 43° forecast 1942 1951 2025 Forecast low · Jul 17 43°F Coldest this date since 2014 This-date record 40°F This-date rank #12 of 84
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -13°F (1971) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1942–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Cold Bay in each calendar month, and for the whole 1942–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 59°F 1947 -13°F 2000 Feb 54°F 2020 -9°F 1947 Mar 56°F 1974 -13°F 1971 Apr 60°F 1948 4°F 1943 May 68°F 2006 18°F 1973 Jun 72°F 1995 27°F 2006 Jul 77°F 1960 32°F 2026 Aug 78°F 1948 32°F 1999 Sep 70°F 1960 26°F 1992 Oct 69°F 1954 6°F 1999 Nov 59°F 1986 1°F 1963 Dec 62°F 2021 -9°F 1950 All-time 78°F 1948 -13°F 1971
Records set or tied at Cold Bay so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 5 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Monthly low record this year: Jul (32°F)
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 71 days
record run, ended Apr 3 1999
So far in 2026 96 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Cold Bay's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 47°F · forecast is -4° vs normal .
Jan: 33°F Jan: 24°F Feb: 35°F Feb: 25°F Mar: 35°F Mar: 24°F Apr: 40°F Apr: 30°F May: 46°F May: 36°F Jun: 52°F Jun: 42°F Jul: 56°F Jul: 47°F Aug: 57°F Aug: 48°F Sep: 53°F Sep: 43°F Oct: 46°F Oct: 36°F Nov: 40°F Nov: 31°F Dec: 36°F Dec: 26°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 3:28 AM Sunset 8:25 PM Solar noon 11:56 AM Daylight 16h 56m · losing 16 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 55.22°N, 162.73°W Alaska Cold Bay'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 Cold Bay'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 Cold Bay, coloured by temperature — 85 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 Cold Bay — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
96 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 49th most in 85 years. Normal for this point: 99 . Record: 134 in 1972.
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