Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Wales (USW00026618), Alaska, United States, with 71 years of record.
Key Facts for Wales
Wales (USW00026618) is a weather station in Alaska, United States at 65.62 latitude and -168.10 longitude, 8 m (25 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1925 to 1995, 71 years of record.
1,464 records set at Wales still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Wales set a daily record high minimum temperature of 10.0 C (50.0 F) on 27 August 1995.
About the Station
Location: Alaska, United States, 65.62 latitude, -168.10 longitude.
Elevation: 8 m (25 ft).
Period of record: 1925 to 1995, 71 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, 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 Wales. 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 Wales, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
11.7 C (53.1 F)
-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
9.4 C (48.9 F)
-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
5.6 C (42.1 F)
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
8.9 C (48.0 F)
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
n/a
n/a
May
13.9 C (57.0 F)
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
22.2 C (72.0 F)
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
22.8 C (73.0 F)
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
18.9 C (66.0 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
12.2 C (54.0 F)
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
15.6 C (60.1 F)
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
6.7 C (44.1 F)
-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Wales still stand. 1926 holds the most, with 93.
Standing records at Wales by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1925
11
1926
93
1927
34
1928
31
1929
12
1944
14
1945
27
1946
24
1947
23
1948
34
1949
30
1950
19
1951
18
1952
10
1953
21
1954
33
1955
38
1956
44
1957
44
1958
30
1959
8
1960
22
1961
17
1962
25
1963
29
1964
21
1965
44
1966
26
1967
17
1968
24
1969
20
1970
18
1971
15
1972
20
1973
14
1974
24
1975
35
1976
21
1977
48
1979
6
1980
8
1981
29
1982
11
1983
32
1984
39
1985
53
1986
20
1987
12
1988
20
1989
33
1990
23
1991
18
1992
31
1993
22
1994
31
1995
38
All-Time Record Progression
1 new records
1 all-time records were set at Wales between 4 August 1977 and 4 August 1977. Each dot is a new record.
When Wales set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1977-08-04
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 13.9 C (57.0 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Aug: 51.6 mm (2.0 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Wales. The most was 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 11 August 1958.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Wales
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
4 January 1982
Feb
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
3 February 1982
Mar
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
15 March 1990
Apr
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
5 April 1967
May
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
25 May 1981
Jun
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
29 June 1927
Jul
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
26 July 1956
Aug
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
11 August 1958
Sep
42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1 September 1958
Oct
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
18 October 1977
Nov
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
27 November 1954
Dec
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
28 December 1990
Period of Record Coverage
1925 to 1995
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
56 years of record at Wales, 1925 to 1995. 7 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1925, 1929, 1944, 1946, 1977, 1979, 1995.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 48 complete years at Wales, 1926 to 1994. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of -6.0 C (21.2 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1964, at -7.9 C (17.8 F), and the warmest was 1967, at -3.6 C (25.5 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.4 C (4.3 F).
Annual mean temperature at Wales as warming stripes, 1926 to 1994
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1926
-4.0 C
+1.98 C
1927
-5.7 C
+0.30 C
1928
-6.1 C
-0.07 C
1947
-5.9 C
+0.04 C
1948
-6.6 C
-0.65 C
1949
-5.3 C
+0.67 C
1950
-3.7 C
+2.26 C
1951
-6.0 C
+0.01 C
1952
-6.0 C
+0.01 C
1953
-6.9 C
-0.88 C
1954
-5.8 C
+0.14 C
1955
-7.8 C
-1.82 C
1956
-7.7 C
-1.73 C
1957
-4.6 C
+1.35 C
1958
-6.0 C
+0.02 C
1959
-6.4 C
-0.39 C
1960
-5.4 C
+0.57 C
1961
-7.3 C
-1.27 C
1962
-4.2 C
+1.79 C
1963
-4.7 C
+1.25 C
1964
-7.9 C
-1.92 C
1965
-7.0 C
-0.98 C
1966
-6.4 C
-0.45 C
1967
-3.6 C
+2.37 C
1968
-6.5 C
-0.48 C
1969
-5.6 C
+0.41 C
1971
-7.4 C
-1.43 C
1972
-5.2 C
+0.81 C
1973
-6.1 C
-0.16 C
1974
-7.3 C
-1.27 C
1975
-7.6 C
-1.64 C
1976
-7.7 C
-1.76 C
1977
-6.1 C
-0.16 C
1980
-5.6 C
+0.34 C
1981
-5.0 C
+1.01 C
1982
-4.3 C
+1.66 C
1983
-5.0 C
+1.00 C
1984
-7.0 C
-1.06 C
1985
-5.5 C
+0.49 C
1986
-5.2 C
+0.82 C
1987
-6.8 C
-0.77 C
1988
-6.7 C
-0.70 C
1989
-4.3 C
+1.65 C
1990
-6.0 C
+0.02 C
1991
-5.4 C
+0.55 C
1992
-7.0 C
-1.00 C
1993
-5.1 C
+0.89 C
1994
-7.6 C
-1.65 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1926 to 1994 is -0.1 C (-0.3 to 0.1) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.1 F (-0.5 to 0.2) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 48 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Wales
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.1 C (-0.3 to 0.1) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.5 to 0.2) per decade
1926 to 1994
48
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.1 C (-0.3 to 0.1) per decade
-0.2 F (-0.6 to 0.1) per decade
1926 to 1994
48
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
-0.01 C (-0.21 to 0.19) per decade
-0.02 F (-0.39 to 0.35) per decade
1926 to 1994
48
Not clearly different from zero
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
1925 to 1995
Yearly extremes at Wales: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1926
18.3 C (64.9 F)
56
Coldest night (TNn)
-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
1955
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
56
Wettest day (Rx1day)
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1958
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
56
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
104.7 mm (4.1 in)
1986
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
56
Longest dry spell (CDD)
152 days
1966
46 days
56
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Wales, 1925 to 1995. The record is 23.9 C (75.0 F) in 1926, marked on the chart; the median year is 18.3 C (64.9 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Wales by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1925
11.7 C (53.1 F)
1926
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1927
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1928
18.3 C (64.9 F)
1929
7.8 C (46.0 F)
1944
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1945
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1946
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1947
21.7 C (71.1 F)
1948
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1949
18.3 C (64.9 F)
1950
21.1 C (70.0 F)
1951
16.1 C (61.0 F)
1952
20.0 C (68.0 F)
1953
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1954
16.1 C (61.0 F)
1955
17.8 C (64.0 F)
1956
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1957
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1958
16.7 C (62.1 F)
1959
15.6 C (60.1 F)
1960
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1961
15.0 C (59.0 F)
1962
20.0 C (68.0 F)
1963
16.7 C (62.1 F)
1964
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1965
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1966
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1967
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1968
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1969
16.1 C (61.0 F)
1970
15.0 C (59.0 F)
1971
18.3 C (64.9 F)
1972
22.2 C (72.0 F)
1973
17.8 C (64.0 F)
1974
18.3 C (64.9 F)
1975
16.1 C (61.0 F)
1976
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1977
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1979
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1980
16.7 C (62.1 F)
1981
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1982
16.7 C (62.1 F)
1983
17.8 C (64.0 F)
1984
17.8 C (64.0 F)
1985
21.7 C (71.1 F)
1986
17.8 C (64.0 F)
1987
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1988
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1989
15.0 C (59.0 F)
1990
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1991
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1992
18.3 C (64.9 F)
1993
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1994
16.7 C (62.1 F)
1995
14.4 C (57.9 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Wales, 1925 to 1995. The record is -42.2 C (-44.0 F) in 1955, marked on the chart; the median year is -36.1 C (-33.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Wales by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1925
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1926
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
1927
-36.7 C (-34.1 F)
1928
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1929
-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1944
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1945
-38.9 C (-38.0 F)
1946
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1947
-40.6 C (-41.1 F)
1948
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1949
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1950
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1951
-40.0 C (-40.0 F)
1952
-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
1953
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1954
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
1955
-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
1956
-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1957
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1958
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1959
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1960
-36.7 C (-34.1 F)
1961
-38.9 C (-38.0 F)
1962
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1963
-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
1964
-38.9 C (-38.0 F)
1965
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
1966
-36.7 C (-34.1 F)
1967
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1968
-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1969
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
1970
-39.4 C (-38.9 F)
1971
-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1972
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1973
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
1974
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1975
-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1976
-39.4 C (-38.9 F)
1977
-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
1979
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1980
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
1981
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
1982
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1983
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1984
-40.0 C (-40.0 F)
1985
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1986
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1987
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1988
-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1989
-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
1990
-40.0 C (-40.0 F)
1991
-38.9 C (-38.0 F)
1992
-35.6 C (-32.1 F)
1993
-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1994
-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1995
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Wales, 1925 to 1995. The record is 51.6 mm (2.0 in) in 1958, marked on the chart; the median year is 23.4 mm (0.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Wales by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1925
5.1 mm (0.20 in)
1926
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1927
18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1928
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1929
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1944
21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1945
13.2 mm (0.5 in)
1946
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1947
13.2 mm (0.5 in)
1948
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1949
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
1950
19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1951
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1952
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1953
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1954
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1955
46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1956
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1957
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1958
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1959
11.9 mm (0.5 in)
1960
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1961
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1962
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1963
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1964
21.3 mm (0.8 in)
1965
28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1966
15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1967
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1968
15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1969
15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1970
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1971
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1972
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1973
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1974
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1975
36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1976
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1977
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1979
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1980
11.9 mm (0.5 in)
1981
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1982
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1983
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1984
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1985
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1986
40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1987
12.4 mm (0.5 in)
1988
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1989
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1990
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1991
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1992
20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1993
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1994
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1995
11.9 mm (0.5 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Wales, 1925 to 1995. The record is 104.7 mm (4.1 in) in 1986, marked on the chart; the median year is 43.2 mm (1.7 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Wales by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1925
14.8 mm (0.6 in)
1926
57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1927
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1928
68.2 mm (2.7 in)
1929
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1944
30.3 mm (1.2 in)
1945
27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1946
66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1947
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1948
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1949
28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1950
35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1951
56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1952
22.3 mm (0.9 in)
1953
46.8 mm (1.8 in)
1954
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1955
83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1956
59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1957
62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1958
95.0 mm (3.7 in)
1959
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1960
59.1 mm (2.3 in)
1961
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1962
38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1963
71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1964
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1965
58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1966
28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1967
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1968
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1969
24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1970
23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1971
31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1972
45.4 mm (1.8 in)
1973
45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1974
63.3 mm (2.5 in)
1975
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1976
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1977
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1979
72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1980
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1981
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1982
92.5 mm (3.6 in)
1983
57.1 mm (2.2 in)
1984
42.1 mm (1.7 in)
1985
48.2 mm (1.9 in)
1986
104.7 mm (4.1 in)
1987
19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1988
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1989
38.2 mm (1.5 in)
1990
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1991
36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1992
36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1993
57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1994
84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1995
14.7 mm (0.6 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Wales, 1925 to 1995. The record is 152 days in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 46 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Wales by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1925
22 days
1926
32 days
1927
32 days
1928
33 days
1929
35 days
1944
56 days
1945
52 days
1946
31 days
1947
74 days
1948
33 days
1949
30 days
1950
27 days
1951
63 days
1952
31 days
1953
57 days
1954
63 days
1955
35 days
1956
69 days
1957
31 days
1958
31 days
1959
73 days
1960
65 days
1961
79 days
1962
27 days
1963
60 days
1964
46 days
1965
64 days
1966
152 days
1967
50 days
1968
68 days
1969
56 days
1970
81 days
1971
58 days
1972
63 days
1973
60 days
1974
109 days
1975
55 days
1976
49 days
1977
28 days
1979
36 days
1980
37 days
1981
21 days
1982
43 days
1983
45 days
1984
35 days
1985
91 days
1986
60 days
1987
40 days
1988
52 days
1989
20 days
1990
21 days
1991
35 days
1992
28 days
1993
26 days
1994
46 days
1995
36 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
48 years with a frost
Across 48 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Wales falls on 21 June and the median first autumn frost on 12 September, which leaves a median of 83 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +0.4 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Wales
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1962 to 1994)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
21 June
n/a
21 June
n/a
-0.1 days per decade
First autumn frost
12 September
n/a
12 September
n/a
+0.2 days per decade
Growing days
83 days
n/a
83 days
n/a
+0.4 days per decade
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
46 years, 1926 to 1994
A day with at least 22.7 mm (0.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 65.5 mm (2.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Wales: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
22.7 mm (0.9 in)
5 years
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
10 years
40.3 mm (1.6 in)
25 years
50.0 mm (2.0 in)
50 years
57.6 mm (2.3 in)
Longer than the 46 years of record
100 years
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
Longer than the 46 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, 46 years of values from 1926 to 1994.
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: 51.6 mm (2.0 in) in 1958; 48.5 mm (1.9 in) in 1956; 46.5 mm (1.8 in) in 1955.
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Data for Wales standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Wales 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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.