Alaska · THREADEX · 1909–2026
Gulkana, AK
62.159°N, 145.459°W · station GKNthr · 118 years of record
42°F
COLDEST JUL 17 SINCE 2023
forecast low · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Gulkana.
This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks
#13 / 87
coldest Jul 17 in 87 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 17 ever
32°F
set in 1915
Mildest Jul 17 ever
55°F
set in 1958
Coldest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 17 at Gulkana. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 17 | 42°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2023 |
| This-date record | 32°F |
| This-date rank | #13 of 87 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -65°F (1917) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1909–2026 |
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Gulkana in each calendar month, and for the whole 1909–2026 record — with the year each was set.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 52°F1917 | -60°F1947 |
| Feb | 53°F2017 | -65°F1947 |
| Mar | 54°F2019 | -48°F1956 |
| Apr | 70°F2003 | -42°F1944 |
| May | 85°F1960 | 5°F1964 |
| Jun | 90°F1969 | 22°F1919 |
| Jul | 97°F1915 | 29°F1919 |
| Aug | 88°F1976 | 20°F1948 |
| Sep | 76°F1917 | 2°F1992 |
| Oct | 69°F2003 | -23°F1958 |
| Nov | 48°F1948 | -45°F1917 |
| Dec | 49°F1999 | -65°F1917 |
| All-time | 97°F1915 | -65°F1917 |
Records set or tied at Gulkana so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026
0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026
2 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
224 days
record run, ended May 11 1969
So far in 2026
121 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Gulkana's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 47°F · forecast is -5° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | 2:18 AM |
| Sunset | 9:16 PM |
| Solar noon | 11:47 AM |
| Daylight | 18h 58m · losing 26 min/wk |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
Gulkana'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 Gulkana'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 Gulkana, coloured by temperature — 118 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 Gulkana — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
121 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 83rd most in 118 years. Normal for this point: 100. Record: 148 in 1952.
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