Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Central #2 (USC00501466), Alaska, United States, with 50 years of record.
Key Facts for Central #2
Central #2 (USC00501466) is a weather station in Alaska, United States at 65.57 latitude and -144.77 longitude, 280 m (920 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1962 to 2011, 50 years of record.
1,464 records set at Central #2 still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Central #2 set a daily record high minimum temperature of 10.6 C (51.1 F) on 30 May 2011.
About the Station
Location: Alaska, United States, 65.57 latitude, -144.77 longitude.
Elevation: 280 m (920 ft).
Period of record: 1962 to 2011, 50 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Central #2. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Central #2, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
8.9 C (48.0 F)
-54.4 C (-65.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
10.0 C (50.0 F)
-52.2 C (-62.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
10.6 C (51.1 F)
-45.6 C (-50.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
20.6 C (69.1 F)
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
n/a
n/a
May
29.4 C (84.9 F)
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
33.3 C (91.9 F)
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
32.2 C (90.0 F)
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
26.7 C (80.1 F)
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
20.0 C (68.0 F)
-38.9 C (-38.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
10.0 C (50.0 F)
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
10.6 C (51.1 F)
-51.7 C (-61.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Central #2 still stand. 1975 holds the most, with 89.
Standing records at Central #2 by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1962
26
1963
55
1964
70
1965
79
1966
33
1967
51
1968
27
1969
69
1970
52
1971
75
1972
64
1973
32
1974
54
1975
89
1976
33
1977
33
1978
34
1979
35
1980
21
1996
24
1997
46
1998
37
1999
32
2000
34
2001
19
2002
39
2003
48
2004
39
2005
43
2006
28
2007
27
2008
30
2009
35
2010
39
2011
12
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jul: 34.8 mm (1.4 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Central #2. The most was 34.8 mm (1.4 in) on 15 July 2001.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Central #2
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
10.9 mm (0.4 in)
20 January 2009
Feb
16.8 mm (0.7 in)
2 February 1977
Mar
7.1 mm (0.28 in)
27 March 1999
Apr
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
20 April 1968
May
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
30 May 1997
Jun
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
25 June 1965
Jul
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
15 July 2001
Aug
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
13 August 1967
Sep
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1 September 2003
Oct
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
20 October 2002
Nov
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
20 November 1964
Dec
13.0 mm (0.5 in)
3 December 1971
Period of Record Coverage
1962 to 2011
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
35 years of record at Central #2, 1962 to 2011. 6 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1962, 1963, 1977, 1980, 1996, 2011.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 24 complete years at Central #2, 1964 to 2010. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of -6.3 C (20.7 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1971, at -8.6 C (16.5 F), and the warmest was 2002, at -3.7 C (25.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.6 C (4.7 F).
Annual mean temperature at Central #2 as warming stripes, 1964 to 2010
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1964
-7.9 C
-1.60 C
1965
-7.0 C
-0.77 C
1966
-7.7 C
-1.48 C
1967
-5.3 C
+0.93 C
1968
-5.6 C
+0.63 C
1969
-6.2 C
+0.06 C
1970
-7.0 C
-0.73 C
1971
-8.6 C
-2.34 C
1972
-7.5 C
-1.28 C
1973
-6.5 C
-0.28 C
1974
-8.5 C
-2.23 C
1975
-7.7 C
-1.40 C
1976
-5.4 C
+0.82 C
1978
-4.5 C
+1.72 C
1979
-5.4 C
+0.90 C
1997
-5.4 C
+0.89 C
1998
-4.9 C
+1.39 C
1999
-7.4 C
-1.12 C
2001
-5.3 C
+1.00 C
2002
-3.7 C
+2.60 C
2003
-5.2 C
+1.10 C
2008
-6.7 C
-0.45 C
2009
-5.7 C
+0.57 C
2010
-5.2 C
+1.09 C
This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1962 to 2011
Yearly extremes at Central #2: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1969
29.4 C (84.9 F)
35
Coldest night (TNn)
-54.4 C (-65.9 F)
1971
-47.8 C (-54.0 F)
35
Wettest day (Rx1day)
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
2001
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
35
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
90.6 mm (3.6 in)
1967
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
35
Longest dry spell (CDD)
65 days
2002
36 days
35
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Central #2, 1962 to 2011. The record is 33.3 C (91.9 F) in 1969, marked on the chart; the median year is 29.4 C (84.9 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Central #2 by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1962
22.2 C (72.0 F)
1963
28.3 C (82.9 F)
1964
27.8 C (82.0 F)
1965
27.8 C (82.0 F)
1966
27.8 C (82.0 F)
1967
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1968
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1969
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1970
27.2 C (81.0 F)
1971
28.3 C (82.9 F)
1972
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1973
28.3 C (82.9 F)
1974
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1975
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1976
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1977
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1978
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1979
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1980
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1996
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1997
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1998
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1999
32.2 C (90.0 F)
2000
30.6 C (87.1 F)
2001
29.4 C (84.9 F)
2002
31.1 C (88.0 F)
2003
30.6 C (87.1 F)
2004
32.8 C (91.0 F)
2005
31.7 C (89.1 F)
2006
28.3 C (82.9 F)
2007
29.4 C (84.9 F)
2008
27.8 C (82.0 F)
2009
32.2 C (90.0 F)
2010
32.2 C (90.0 F)
2011
28.9 C (84.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Central #2, 1962 to 2011. The record is -54.4 C (-65.9 F) in 1971, marked on the chart; the median year is -47.8 C (-54.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Central #2 by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1962
-42.8 C (-45.0 F)
1963
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1964
-51.7 C (-61.1 F)
1965
-52.2 C (-62.0 F)
1966
-49.4 C (-56.9 F)
1967
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
1968
-52.2 C (-62.0 F)
1969
-49.4 C (-56.9 F)
1970
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1971
-54.4 C (-65.9 F)
1972
-50.0 C (-58.0 F)
1973
-52.8 C (-63.0 F)
1974
-49.4 C (-56.9 F)
1975
-53.9 C (-65.0 F)
1976
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1977
-51.1 C (-60.0 F)
1978
-39.4 C (-38.9 F)
1979
-50.6 C (-59.1 F)
1980
-52.2 C (-62.0 F)
1996
-42.8 C (-45.0 F)
1997
-50.0 C (-58.0 F)
1998
-45.6 C (-50.1 F)
1999
-50.6 C (-59.1 F)
2000
-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
2001
-39.4 C (-38.9 F)
2002
-43.9 C (-47.0 F)
2003
-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
2004
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
2005
-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
2006
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
2007
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
2008
-47.8 C (-54.0 F)
2009
-48.9 C (-56.0 F)
2010
-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
2011
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Central #2, 1962 to 2011. The record is 34.8 mm (1.4 in) in 2001, marked on the chart; the median year is 20.8 mm (0.8 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Central #2 by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1962
7.6 mm (0.30 in)
1963
9.1 mm (0.36 in)
1964
23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1965
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1966
14.2 mm (0.6 in)
1967
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1968
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1969
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1970
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1971
15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1972
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1973
25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1974
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1975
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1976
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1977
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1978
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1979
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1980
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1996
9.4 mm (0.37 in)
1997
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1998
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1999
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
2000
13.0 mm (0.5 in)
2001
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
2002
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
2003
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
2004
9.7 mm (0.38 in)
2005
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
2006
15.7 mm (0.6 in)
2007
28.7 mm (1.1 in)
2008
13.0 mm (0.5 in)
2009
15.7 mm (0.6 in)
2010
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
2011
4.6 mm (0.18 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Central #2, 1962 to 2011. The record is 90.6 mm (3.6 in) in 1967, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.6 mm (1.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Central #2 by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1962
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1963
25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1964
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1965
49.6 mm (2.0 in)
1966
26.6 mm (1.0 in)
1967
90.6 mm (3.6 in)
1968
43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1969
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1970
45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1971
21.2 mm (0.8 in)
1972
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1973
39.8 mm (1.6 in)
1974
23.8 mm (0.9 in)
1975
33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1976
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
1977
27.8 mm (1.1 in)
1978
30.9 mm (1.2 in)
1979
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1980
20.9 mm (0.8 in)
1996
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1997
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1998
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1999
33.9 mm (1.3 in)
2000
25.2 mm (1.0 in)
2001
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
2002
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
2003
45.0 mm (1.8 in)
2004
15.5 mm (0.6 in)
2005
54.7 mm (2.2 in)
2006
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
2007
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
2008
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
2009
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
2010
27.0 mm (1.1 in)
2011
6.0 mm (0.24 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Central #2, 1962 to 2011. The record is 65 days in 2002, marked on the chart; the median year is 36 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Central #2 by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1962
15 days
1963
56 days
1964
31 days
1965
30 days
1966
30 days
1967
51 days
1968
43 days
1969
48 days
1970
22 days
1971
30 days
1972
35 days
1973
32 days
1974
35 days
1975
35 days
1976
36 days
1977
17 days
1978
38 days
1979
43 days
1980
52 days
1996
18 days
1997
39 days
1998
50 days
1999
20 days
2000
40 days
2001
28 days
2002
65 days
2003
41 days
2004
31 days
2005
47 days
2006
44 days
2007
38 days
2008
27 days
2009
37 days
2010
28 days
2011
46 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
24 years with a frost
Across 24 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Central #2 falls on 4 June and the median first autumn frost on 13 August, which leaves a median of 69 days between them.
Frost dates and growing season at Central #2
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1964 to 2010)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
4 June
n/a
4 June
n/a
n/a
First autumn frost
13 August
n/a
13 August
n/a
n/a
Growing days
69 days
n/a
69 days
n/a
n/a
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
30 years, 1963 to 2010
A day with at least 21.4 mm (0.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 38.1 mm (1.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Central #2: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
21.4 mm (0.8 in)
5 years
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
10 years
30.9 mm (1.2 in)
25 years
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
50 years
36.4 mm (1.4 in)
Longer than the 30 years of record
100 years
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Longer than the 30 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 30 years of values from 1963 to 2010.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 34.8 mm (1.4 in) in 2001; 34.3 mm (1.4 in) in 1965; 33.5 mm (1.3 in) in 1967.
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Data for Central #2 threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.