Preacher Creek Alaska Weather Records (USR0000APRE)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Preacher Creek Alaska (USR0000APRE), Alaska, United States, with 31 years of record.

Key Facts for Preacher Creek Alaska

Preacher Creek Alaska (USR0000APRE) is a weather station in Alaska, United States at 65.92 latitude and -145.03 longitude, 316 m (1,038 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1993 to 2023, 31 years of record.
1,464 records set at Preacher Creek Alaska still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Preacher Creek Alaska set a daily record low minimum temperature of -15.0 C (5.0 F) on 9 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, 65.92 latitude, -145.03 longitude.
Elevation: 316 m (1,038 ft).
Period of record: 1993 to 2023, 31 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

14 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Preacher Creek Alaska. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 14 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Preacher Creek Alaska, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	6.7 C (44.1 F)	-46.1 C (-51.0 F)	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
Feb	7.8 C (46.0 F)	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	12.8 C (55.0 F)	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
Apr	22.2 C (72.0 F)	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	15.0 C (59.0 F)	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
May	30.0 C (86.0 F)	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	17.8 C (64.0 F)	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
Jun	33.3 C (91.9 F)	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (34.0 F)
Jul	32.2 C (90.0 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29.4 C (84.9 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
Aug	33.3 C (91.9 F)	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (34.0 F)
Sep	26.1 C (79.0 F)	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	15.6 C (60.1 F)	-5.6 C (21.9 F)
Oct	21.1 C (70.0 F)	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	2.8 C (37.0 F)	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
Nov	7.8 C (46.0 F)	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	6.1 C (43.0 F)	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Preacher Creek Alaska still stand. 2013 holds the most, with 87.

Standing records at Preacher Creek Alaska by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1993	12
1994	45
1995	39
1996	48
1997	44
1998	11
1999	40
2000	33
2001	37
2002	50
2003	60
2004	35
2005	83
2006	52
2007	55
2008	47
2009	30
2010	66
2011	44
2012	40
2013	87
2014	38
2015	58
2016	31
2017	46
2018	34
2019	48
2020	51
2021	40
2022	40
2023	26
2024	27
2025	43
2026	24

All-Time Record Progression

2 new records

2 all-time records were set at Preacher Creek Alaska between 3 January 2026 and 4 January 2026. Each dot is a new record.

When Preacher Creek Alaska set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
2026-01-03	Record low minimum temperature	Record low minimum temperature -44.4 C (-47.9 F)
2026-01-04	Record low minimum temperature	Record low minimum temperature -46.1 C (-51.0 F)

Period of Record Coverage

1993 to 2026

34 years of record at Preacher Creek Alaska, 1993 to 2026. 20 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and others.

Days with data per year at Preacher Creek Alaska
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1993	133	36%	No
1994	228	62%	No
1995	203	56%	No
1996	210	57%	No
1997	292	80%	No
1998	178	49%	No
1999	255	70%	No
2000	245	67%	No
2001	214	59%	No
2002	222	61%	No
2003	306	84%	No
2004	215	59%	No
2005	336	92%	Yes
2006	348	95%	Yes
2007	327	90%	No
2008	237	65%	No
2009	214	59%	No
2010	255	70%	No
2011	363	99%	Yes
2012	365	100%	Yes
2013	357	98%	Yes
2014	336	92%	Yes
2015	354	97%	Yes
2016	365	100%	Yes
2017	365	100%	Yes
2018	362	99%	Yes
2019	363	99%	Yes
2020	322	88%	No
2021	348	95%	Yes
2022	357	98%	Yes
2023	297	81%	No
2024	324	89%	No
2025	333	91%	Yes
2026	214	59%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Preacher Creek Alaska
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low min (Provisional)	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	8 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low min (Provisional)	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily high min (Provisional)	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily high min (Tie, Provisional)	7.2 C (45.0 F)	tie	31 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low max (Provisional)	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low max (Provisional)	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	21 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low min (Provisional)	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	3 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	27 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	monthly low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	12 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	9 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low min (Tie)	2.8 C (37.0 F)	tie	27 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	23 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	17 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	16 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	16 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	7 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	8 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2026	Preacher Creek Alaska, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	8 years	7 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

10 complete years, 2011 to 2022

One stripe for each of 10 complete years at Preacher Creek Alaska, 2011 to 2022. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of -3.7 C (25.3 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 2012, at -5.5 C (22.2 F), and the warmest was 2015, at -2.3 C (27.8 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.8 C (3.2 F).

Annual mean temperature at Preacher Creek Alaska as warming stripes, 2011 to 2022
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
2011	-3.9 C	-0.15 C
2012	-5.5 C	-1.75 C
2013	-3.7 C	+0.05 C
2015	-2.3 C	+1.40 C
2016	-2.6 C	+1.12 C
2017	-2.4 C	+1.34 C
2018	-3.7 C	+0.03 C
2019	-2.9 C	+0.79 C
2021	-5.3 C	-1.59 C
2022	-5.0 C	-1.25 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

1993 to 2026

Yearly extremes at Preacher Creek Alaska: 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)	2010	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34
Coldest night (TNn)	-46.1 C (-51.0 F)	2026	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	34

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Preacher Creek Alaska, 1993 to 2026. The record is 33.3 C (91.9 F) in 2010, marked on the chart; the median year is 30.6 C (87.1 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Preacher Creek Alaska by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1993	25.0 C (77.0 F)
1994	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1995	28.9 C (84.0 F)
1996	28.3 C (82.9 F)
1997	29.4 C (84.9 F)
1998	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1999	32.2 C (90.0 F)
2000	30.6 C (87.1 F)
2001	30.6 C (87.1 F)
2002	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2003	31.1 C (88.0 F)
2004	32.2 C (90.0 F)
2005	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2006	28.3 C (82.9 F)
2007	29.4 C (84.9 F)
2008	28.3 C (82.9 F)
2009	26.7 C (80.1 F)
2010	33.3 C (91.9 F)
2011	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2012	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2013	33.3 C (91.9 F)
2014	28.9 C (84.0 F)
2015	31.1 C (88.0 F)
2016	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2017	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2018	32.2 C (90.0 F)
2019	30.6 C (87.1 F)
2020	26.7 C (80.1 F)
2021	30.0 C (86.0 F)
2022	28.9 C (84.0 F)
2023	31.1 C (88.0 F)
2024	31.1 C (88.0 F)
2025	30.6 C (87.1 F)
2026	29.4 C (84.9 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Preacher Creek Alaska, 1993 to 2026. The record is -46.1 C (-51.0 F) in 2026, marked on the chart; the median year is -41.1 C (-42.0 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Preacher Creek Alaska by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1993	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1994	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)
1995	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)
1996	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1997	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1998	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1999	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)
2000	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
2001	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
2002	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
2003	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
2004	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
2005	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)
2006	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)
2007	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)
2008	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)
2009	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
2010	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)
2011	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
2012	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)
2013	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
2014	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)
2015	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)
2016	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
2017	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
2018	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
2019	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
2020	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
2021	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)
2022	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)
2023	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
2024	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
2025	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
2026	-46.1 C (-51.0 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 Preacher Creek 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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).