Is this weather normal in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?

The last 12 months

• September 2026 ran +2° warmer than usual: the 21st warmest September of 102 on record.
• Top-10 warm months this past year: October 2025 (8th warmest), August 2026 (10th warmest).
• Top-10 cold months this past year: March 2026 (coldest on record).
• 5 of the last 12 months were warmer than usual.

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1925.

Every year since 1925

• Warming about 0.6° per decade since 1970.
• Warmest year: 2019 (33.1°). Coldest: 1971 (24.0°).
• 4 of the 10 warmest years came in the last 10.

Rain and drought

• 40.2 inches in the last 12 months, against a usual 34.8 (116%).
• September brought 4.98 in (usual 5.25): the 46th wettest of 102.

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

Towns in Matanuska-Susitna Borough

• Willow
• Petersville
• Mendeltna
• Skwentna
• Trapper Creek
• Susitna North
• Glacier View
• Eureka Roadhouse
• Chase
• Talkeetna
• Chickaloon
• Nelchina

Nearby counties

• Anchorage Municipality
• Denali Borough
• Kenai Peninsula Borough
• Chugach Census Area
• Copper River Census Area
• Fairbanks North Star Borough
• Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
• Southeast Fairbanks Census Area