On the Fourth of July, temperatures in Anchorage, Alaska reached 90 degrees for the first time ever, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
That relatively sweltering high temperature shattered a record for the city by 5 degrees. Temperatures in the Alaskan city located more than 1,000 miles north of Seattle had not reach that level since June 14, 1969, when the thermometer hit 85 degrees.
The average high for Anchorage on Independence Day has been 65 degrees, according to the NWS, whose records go back as far as 1954. The state's most populous city, which boasts a population of roughly 300,000 people, Anchorage also had its hottest June ever, with an average temperature for the month of 60.5 degrees .
GIRDWOOD, AK - JULY 04: Sam Lightle, left, from Anchorage, and Brandon York from Jacksonville, Florida, take in the scenery along a creek below the Byron Glacier on July 4, 2019 near Portage Lake in Girdwood, Alaska. Alaska is bracing for record warm temperatures and dry conditions in parts of the state. "All 30 days in June had above average temperatures," the Service noted.
June was also the driest on record for the city, with the area receiving only 0.06 inches of rain. Normal monthly precipitation in June is 0.97 inches, so June received just 6% of its normal precipitation.
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