Alaska News

July was wettest on record for Juneau

The National Weather Service on Saturday declared this July the wettest on record for Alaska's capital city.

Over July's 31 days, the weather service said, it recorded 10.4 inches of rainfall at Juneau International Airport.

Before this year, the weather service labeled July 1997 Juneau's wettest July. That year, it recorded 10.36 inches of rain, according to a weather service report.

Comparably, Anchorage had its wettest July in 2001, when 4.49 inches of rain fell. This July, the city had 2.34 inches of rain, according to the weather service.

Fairbanks had its wettest July in 2003, when the weather service recorded 5.96 inches of precipitation. This July, it recorded 2.78 inches.

Tegan Hanlon

Tegan Hanlon was a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News between 2013 and 2019. She now reports for Alaska Public Media.

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