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Mcgrath, AK 62.957°N, 155.610°W · station MCGthr · 86 years of record
64°F
HOTTEST JUL 18 SINCE 2025
forecast high · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Mcgrath.
55° MON 7/13 56° TUE 7/14 58° WED 7/15 59° THU 7/16 60° FRI 7/17 64° SAT 7/18 64° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #57 / 85
warmest Jul 18 in 85 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 18 ever 84°F
set in 2002
Coolest Jul 18 ever 52°F
set in 2011
Hottest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 18 at Mcgrath. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
52 68 84 1941: 66°F 1942: 66°F 1943: 62°F 1944: 69°F 1945: 56°F 1946: 72°F 1947: 76°F 1948: 67°F 1949: 61°F 1950: 76°F 1951: 57°F 1952: 67°F 1953: 65°F 1954: 71°F 1955: 67°F 1956: 70°F 1957: 63°F 1958: 68°F 1959: 58°F 1960: 81°F 1961: 68°F 1962: 80°F 1963: 57°F 1964: 72°F 1965: 54°F 1966: 59°F 1967: 54°F 1968: 69°F 1969: 61°F 1970: 73°F 1971: 72°F 1972: 67°F 1973: 59°F 1974: 67°F 1975: 74°F 1976: 71°F 1977: 76°F 1978: 70°F 1979: 59°F 1980: 75°F 1981: 56°F 1982: 70°F 1983: 61°F 1984: 73°F 1985: 83°F 1986: 63°F 1987: 63°F 1988: 79°F 1989: 73°F 1990: 81°F 1991: 58°F 1992: 73°F 1993: 78°F 1994: 77°F 1995: 70°F 1996: 63°F 1997: 68°F 1998: 68°F 1999: 65°F 2000: 57°F 2001: 71°F 2002: 84°F 2003: 76°F 2004: 68°F 2005: 67°F 2006: 67°F 2007: 76°F 2008: 55°F 2009: 68°F 2010: 64°F 2011: 52°F 2012: 63°F 2013: 63°F 2014: 59°F 2015: 62°F 2016: 71°F 2017: 63°F 2018: 73°F 2019: 69°F 2020: 65°F 2021: 74°F 2022: 61°F 2023: 77°F 2024: 53°F 2025: 68°F 64° forecast 1941 2025 2002 Forecast high · Jul 18 64°F Hottest this date since 2025 This-date record 84°F This-date rank #57 of 85
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 94°F (2013) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1941–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Mcgrath in each calendar month, and for the whole 1941–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 54°F 1945 -75°F 1989 Feb 55°F 1943 -64°F 1947 Mar 55°F 1998 -51°F 1956 Apr 68°F 2009 -40°F 1985 May 86°F 2013 -2°F 1945 Jun 94°F 2013 27°F 2006 Jul 90°F 2024 31°F 2003 Aug 89°F 1977 25°F 1984 Sep 76°F 1949 2°F 1992 Oct 67°F 2009 -28°F 1982 Nov 50°F 2014 -53°F 1990 Dec 49°F 1977 -67°F 1961 All-time 94°F 2013 -75°F 1989
Records set or tied at Mcgrath 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 0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 3 days
record run, ended Jun 18 2013
So far in 2026 0 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Mcgrath's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 69°F · forecast is -5° vs normal .
Jan: 2°F Jan: -15°F Feb: 15°F Feb: -7°F Mar: 24°F Mar: -2°F Apr: 43°F Apr: 20°F May: 59°F May: 37°F Jun: 69°F Jun: 48°F Jul: 70°F Jul: 51°F Aug: 64°F Aug: 47°F Sep: 54°F Sep: 37°F Oct: 34°F Oct: 21°F Nov: 15°F Nov: 0°F Dec: 6°F Dec: -11°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 2:48 AM Sunset 10:07 PM Solar noon 12:28 PM Daylight 19h 18m · losing 30 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 62.96°N, 155.61°W Alaska Mcgrath's observed daily high 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 Mcgrath's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Mcgrath, coloured by temperature — 86 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Mcgrath — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
No days ≥90°F yet in 2026. Normal for this point: 0 . Record: 3 in 2013.
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