Where are the USAs coolest temperatures found during the summer?
If you are looking to stay cool in the summertime, head for Alaska. Barrow, located north of the Arctic Circle on the Arctic Ocean, has a chilly average summertime high temperature of 47°F. Nome sees average highs near 58°F in the summertime. Othern Alaskan average highs include 62°F in Anchorage, 59°F in Valdez, and 57°F in Dutch Harbor and Kodiak. Remember that summer temperatures in Alaska can get much warmer. Temperatures in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Valdez regularly hit the 70s to low 80s at least a few times in summer. In the lower 48, the coasts of northern California, Oregon and Washington are the coolest spots, with daytime high temperatures in the 50s and low 60s, thanks to cold ocean waters flowing south from higher latitudes Places like Astoria, Ore., and Cape Disappointment, Wash., are cool because of the cold “California Current,” which flows south and causes upwelling of even cooler ocean waters right along the coast. When warm air from inland locations moves over the col
