Anchorage could see the coldest temperatures of winter this week Print article A burst of Arctic air is bringing “bone-chilling cold” to Southcentral Alaska this week, said National Weather Service meteorologist Pam Szatanek. Low temperatures early in the week will be in the minus teens in portions of Anchorage, Szatanek said, the chilliest yet in the season. The cold is expected to last through the week. “There’s a 0% chance that it’ll get above freezing in the next five days,” Szatanek said. Cold air returning this weekend continuing into early next week. Bundle up! Along the Kenai Peninsula, Szatanek said, temperatures could drop to 10 below zero throughout the week.