Anchorage hits an official 90 degrees for the first time on record - with an asterisk

        July 4, 2019 Anchorage Daily News | Alaska | climate change: temperatures

A temperature of 90 °F was measured near the airport in Anchorage, Alaska, on Independence Day, 2019, breaking the previous record of 85 °F on June 14, 1969. Daily temperatures have been recorded there since 1952, at Merrill Field from 1943 to 1952, and near downtown before that. Of the last 7 hottest recorded temperatures, 4 were from the last 4 years.