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Updated Sunday, July 28.......The month is not quite done yet, but it is a sure thing that this will end up as the hottest month ever in Anchorage, Alaska.Earlier this month Anchorage reached 90 degrees for the first and only time ever.Anchorage is bordered on some sides by cold water or mountains which makes it difficult to obtain very high temperatures even during the long daylight hours of summer.Before we go on, there is some controversy about that 90 degree reading. ate in the day the temperature was 87.5, already very hot by Anchorage standards when all of a sudden within 5 minutes the temperature went up to 89.6 degrees for the daily high which is rounded off to 90. The controversy is that some say hot air from a nearby landing or taking off aircraft blew over the weather station causing this sudden rise. For now though, the 90 degrees remains official.OK, so Anchorage had the one 90 degree day and 6 days of 80 degrees or higher this month. The average temperature so far this month is 66.0 degrees. Here is where that stands for the warmest months ever in Anchorage.1) 66.0 this month2) 62.73) 62.64) 62.25) 62.26) 62.17) 61.88) 61.49) 61.410) 61.2The current month is 4.3 degrees above the second warmest month and 5.8 degrees above the 10th warmest month ever in Anchorage.Comparing that to Louisville.... the difference between the first and second hottest months of all time is 0.5 degrees and the difference between #1 and #10 is 2.7 degrees.This is truly an epic month for temperatures in Anchorage.