King Salmon, AK

Alaska · Records since 1917–2026

☁️ 36°F Feels like 31°
Currently in King Salmon
As of 12:45 PM AKST

Records for November 4

🔥 Record High

50°F

November 4, 2002

+15° from 35° normal

❄ Record Low

-9°F

November 4, 2004

-30° from 21° normal
🌞 Normal high: 35°F 🌑 Normal low: 21°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — King Salmon

🔥
89°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 4, 2019
❄
-48°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 28, 1989
🌧
1.83"
Wettest Day Ever
Jul 29, 1928
☃
26.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 10, 1920

First & Last Dates — King Salmon

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
135 days
Longest growing season
2016
37 days
Shortest growing season
2013
95 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 4

# Temp Date
🏆 50°F November 4, 2002
2 50°F November 4, 1935
3 49°F November 4, 1991
4 48°F November 4, 2003
5 48°F November 4, 1962
6 47°F November 4, 1986
7 47°F November 4, 1979
8 46°F November 4, 2019
9 46°F November 4, 1954
10 45°F November 4, 1998

Top 5 Record Lows — November 4

# Temp Date
🥶 -9°F November 4, 2004
2 -7°F November 4, 1969
3 -7°F November 4, 1955
4 -6°F November 4, 1975
5 -5°F November 4, 1953
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1917–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — King Salmon

threshold: 71°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.5
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
79°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
0
Heat waves 2026
so far

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — King Salmon

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 21, 2013 – Jul 31, 2013 11 82°F (Jul 26) 76°F 51°F
2 Jul 17, 1980 – Jul 26, 1980 10 81°F (Jul 21) 76°F 48°F
3 Aug 7, 1950 – Aug 16, 1950 10 80°F (Aug 13) 76°F 52°F
4 Jul 29, 1978 – Aug 7, 1978 10 79°F (Aug 6) 74°F 47°F
5 Aug 20, 1987 – Aug 29, 1987 10 79°F (Aug 25) 74°F 45°F
6 Aug 25, 2016 – Sep 2, 2016 9 77°F (Aug 31) 74°F 45°F
7 Jul 4, 2019 – Jul 11, 2019 8 89°F (Jul 4) 82°F 54°F
8 Jun 14, 2015 – Jun 20, 2015 7 86°F (Jun 15) 81°F 46°F
9 May 23, 2006 – May 29, 2006 7 85°F (May 26) 78°F 38°F
10 Jul 1, 1997 – Jul 7, 1997 7 84°F (Jul 4) 77°F 51°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

22
2026 total
above-normal nights
33.7
Avg / summer
1970–2020
65
Most in a summer
2016

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1917–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1917, annual totals have trended +0.72" per decade, about +7.8" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How King Salmon is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

102 of 291 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

16.30"
2026 YTD
Normal: 18.52"
-2.22"
0.00"
November so far
November normal: 1.72"
-1.72"
0
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · King Salmon is 2.22" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Oct 27 – Nov 3, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
39.6°F
Average temperature
10th-warmest of 98
+10.2°
vs. average
Normal: 29.3°F (1991–2020)
0.68"
Precipitation
27th-wettest of 96
+0.21"
vs. average
Normal: 0.47" · 145% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Oct 27 – Nov 3

1918–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Oct 27 – Nov 3

1917–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2019 45.0°F
2 2023 42.8°F
3 1991 42.8°F
4 2002 42.8°F
5 1936 42.4°F
6 1957 42.3°F
7 1954 40.8°F
8 1928 40.8°F
9 1935 40.6°F
10 1989 39.6°F

Coolest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1985 1.2°F
2 1976 5.0°F
3 1975 7.9°F
4 1999 11.4°F
5 2001 12.3°F
6 1953 13.3°F
7 1955 14.5°F
8 1977 14.8°F
9 1983 15.1°F
10 1950 16.0°F

Wettest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 1948 1.65"
2 1998 1.52"
3 2019 1.28"
4 2011 1.25"
5 1996 1.12"
6 1995 1.06"
7 2024 1.04"
8 1929 1.03"
9 1939 1.02"
10 1978 0.99"

Driest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 1992 0.00"
2 1990 0.00"
3 1984 0.00"
4 1975 0.00"
5 1974 0.00"
6 1962 0.00"
7 1958 0.00"
8 1950 0.00"
9 1938 0.00"
10 1928 0.00"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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