Record-Breaking High Temperatures in Alaska this Weekend | Anchorage Just Had its Hottest June EVER

On Sunday, temperatures in Alaska rose to 92ºF in Northway near the state’s Yukon border, smashing the all-time heat record set in 1942 and sparking wildfires. Temperatures in Anchorage peaked at 82,  marking the city’s hottest day in three years.

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The crazy weather ends a month that saw record or near-record heat across much of the state, including the hottest June on record for Anchorage, Rick Thoman, a climate scientist with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, told Earther.

And the hot June came on the heels of a hot May, which followed a hot April, which followed a record-smashingly hot March, and well, you get the idea. It’s been hot in Alaska.