Kenai Nwr Alaska Weather Records (USR0000AKEN)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Kenai Nwr Alaska (USR0000AKEN), Alaska, United States, with 36 years of record.

Key Facts for Kenai Nwr Alaska

Kenai Nwr Alaska (USR0000AKEN) is a weather station in Alaska, United States at 60.59 latitude and -150.32 longitude, 122 m (400 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1988 to 2023, 36 years of record.
1,464 records set at Kenai Nwr Alaska still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Kenai Nwr Alaska set a daily record low maximum temperature of 5.0 C (41.0 F) on 4 October 2026 (provisional).

Provisional Records

Records set in the last 60 days are provisional until they clear the revision window.

About the Station

Location: Alaska, United States, 60.59 latitude, -150.32 longitude.
Elevation: 122 m (400 ft).
Period of record: 1988 to 2023, 36 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

17 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Kenai Nwr Alaska. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 17 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Kenai Nwr Alaska, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	14.2 C (57.6 F)	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	6.1 C (43.0 F)	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
Feb	15.8 C (60.4 F)	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	7.8 C (46.0 F)	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
Mar	17.2 C (63.0 F)	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
Apr	22.8 C (73.0 F)	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	n/a	n/a
May	28.9 C (84.0 F)	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	17.2 C (63.0 F)	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
Jun	32.8 C (91.0 F)	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27.8 C (82.0 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
Jul	31.7 C (89.1 F)	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.6 C (33.1 F)
Aug	31.7 C (89.1 F)	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27.8 C (82.0 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
Sep	23.9 C (75.0 F)	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	22.8 C (73.0 F)	-3.9 C (25.0 F)
Oct	17.8 C (64.0 F)	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	11.1 C (52.0 F)	-7.8 C (18.0 F)
Nov	12.2 C (54.0 F)	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	8.9 C (48.0 F)	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Kenai Nwr Alaska still stand. 2013 holds the most, with 89.

Standing records at Kenai Nwr Alaska by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1988	10
1989	24
1990	13
1991	24
1992	56
1993	48
1994	55
1995	62
1996	65
1997	43
1998	36
1999	67
2000	27
2001	34
2002	75
2003	69
2004	63
2005	36
2006	26
2007	46
2008	49
2009	58
2010	27
2011	25
2012	17
2013	89
2014	40
2015	25
2016	51
2017	32
2018	20
2020	13
2021	8
2023	21
2024	40
2025	40
2026	30

Period of Record Coverage

1988 to 2026

37 years of record at Kenai Nwr Alaska, 1988 to 2026. 19 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2003 and others.

Days with data per year at Kenai Nwr Alaska
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1988	113	31%	No
1989	157	43%	No
1990	170	47%	No
1991	253	69%	No
1992	236	64%	No
1993	351	96%	Yes
1994	364	100%	Yes
1995	360	99%	Yes
1996	365	100%	Yes
1997	362	99%	Yes
1998	365	100%	Yes
1999	365	100%	Yes
2000	247	67%	No
2001	257	70%	No
2002	342	94%	Yes
2003	310	85%	No
2004	335	92%	Yes
2005	313	86%	No
2006	221	61%	No
2007	365	100%	Yes
2008	364	99%	Yes
2009	364	100%	Yes
2010	302	83%	No
2011	226	62%	No
2012	209	57%	No
2013	354	97%	Yes
2014	307	84%	No
2015	243	67%	No
2016	366	100%	Yes
2017	362	99%	Yes
2018	342	94%	Yes
2020	229	63%	No
2021	31	8%	No
2023	336	92%	Yes
2024	364	99%	Yes
2025	322	88%	No
2026	234	64%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Kenai Nwr Alaska
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily low max (Provisional)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily low max (Provisional)	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high max (Tie, Provisional)	20.0 C (68.0 F)	tie	24 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high min (Provisional)	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high max (Provisional)	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	29 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily low min (Tie, Provisional)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	tie	35 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	12 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high min (Tie)	11.1 C (52.0 F)	tie	23 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	24 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high max (Tie)	27.2 C (81.0 F)	tie	12 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily low max (Tie)	15.0 C (59.0 F)	tie	8 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 July 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	1 year	6 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	17 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily low min (Tie)	0.6 C (33.1 F)	tie	17 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
14 June 2026	Kenai Nwr Alaska, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

14 complete years, 1993 to 2024

One stripe for each of 14 complete years at Kenai Nwr Alaska, 1993 to 2024. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 1.8 C (35.3 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1996, at 0.1 C (32.1 F), and the warmest was 2016, at 4.1 C (39.3 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.3 C (4.1 F).

Annual mean temperature at Kenai Nwr Alaska as warming stripes, 1993 to 2024
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1993	3.5 C	+1.71 C
1994	1.6 C	-0.24 C
1995	2.1 C	+0.30 C
1996	0.1 C	-1.77 C
1997	2.6 C	+0.76 C
1998	2.3 C	+0.42 C
1999	0.5 C	-1.29 C
2007	1.5 C	-0.30 C
2008	0.2 C	-1.61 C
2009	1.3 C	-0.51 C
2013	2.0 C	+0.15 C
2016	4.1 C	+2.25 C
2017	1.2 C	-0.63 C
2024	2.6 C	+0.80 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

1988 to 2026

Yearly extremes at Kenai Nwr Alaska: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2013	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37
Coldest night (TNn)	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	1999	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	37

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Kenai Nwr Alaska, 1988 to 2026. The record is 32.8 C (91.0 F) in 2013, marked on the chart; the median year is 28.3 C (82.9 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Kenai Nwr Alaska by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1988	24.4 C (75.9 F)
1989	28.3 C (82.9 F)
1990	27.8 C (82.0 F)
1991	26.1 C (79.0 F)
1992	26.7 C (80.1 F)
1993	28.3 C (82.9 F)
1994	29.4 C (84.9 F)
1995	27.8 C (82.0 F)
1996	27.8 C (82.0 F)
1997	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1998	26.7 C (80.1 F)
1999	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2000	27.2 C (81.0 F)
2001	29.4 C (84.9 F)
2002	29.4 C (84.9 F)
2003	30.6 C (87.1 F)
2004	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2005	29.4 C (84.9 F)
2006	27.8 C (82.0 F)
2007	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2008	26.7 C (80.1 F)
2009	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2010	27.2 C (81.0 F)
2011	26.1 C (79.0 F)
2012	28.3 C (82.9 F)
2013	32.8 C (91.0 F)
2014	27.2 C (81.0 F)
2015	31.1 C (88.0 F)
2016	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2017	28.3 C (82.9 F)
2018	30.6 C (87.1 F)
2020	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2021	17.8 C (64.0 F)
2023	28.9 C (84.0 F)
2024	28.9 C (84.0 F)
2025	28.9 C (84.0 F)
2026	28.3 C (82.9 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Kenai Nwr Alaska, 1988 to 2026. The record is -39.4 C (-38.9 F) in 1999, marked on the chart; the median year is -30.0 C (-22.0 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Kenai Nwr Alaska by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1988	-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1989	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1990	-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1991	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1992	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1993	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1994	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1995	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1996	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1997	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1998	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1999	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)
2000	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
2001	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
2002	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
2003	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
2004	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
2005	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
2006	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
2007	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
2008	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
2009	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)
2010	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
2011	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
2012	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
2013	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
2014	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)
2015	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
2016	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
2017	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
2018	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
2020	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
2021	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
2023	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
2024	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
2025	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
2026	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)

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.

Download the Data

Data for Kenai Nwr Alaska standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).