Point MacKenzie weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Point MacKenzie, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Anchorage Area, 19 km from Point MacKenzie; records cover 1953–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 16.4 in417 mm
- Snow a year
- 78 in198 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 5
- First fall freeze
- Sep 27
- Heating degree days
- 9,980
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −11°−24° (heating, 99%) and 76°24° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Point MacKenzie in January
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 50°10° (1961)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 1493
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Point MacKenzie in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation and 13 in34 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 49°9° (2014)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 1225
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Point MacKenzie in March
Highs average 33°1° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 53°12° (2016)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1215
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Point MacKenzie in April
Highs average 45°7° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2005)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 825
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Point MacKenzie in May
Highs average 56°13° and lows 40°4°, with 0.65 in17 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1969)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 522
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Point MacKenzie in June
Highs average 63°17° and lows 48°9°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1969)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 275
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Point MacKenzie in July
Highs average 66°19° and lows 53°12°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2019)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 174
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Point MacKenzie in August
Highs average 64°18° and lows 51°11°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1968)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 236
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Point MacKenzie in September
Highs average 56°13° and lows 43°6°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1957)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 471
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Point MacKenzie in OctoberThis month
Highs average 42°6° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2006)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 888
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Point MacKenzie in November
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 13 in32 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 54°12° (2002)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 1242
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Point MacKenzie in December
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 18 in46 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 51°11° (2019)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 1414
- Cooling degree days
- 0