When the temperature plummets in Interior Alaska, you can still work and play outside — with the right gear Published February 13 Share on Facebook Print article It is February and winter has finally tightened its hold over Alaska’s Interior. It has taken a while. January is usually Alaska’s coldest month. The majority of cold-weather records have been set in that month. However, before breathing a sigh of relief, look back to Feb. 25, 1954 and you’ll see that Allakaket, on the edge of the Brooks Range, hit minus-70. Normally by mid-February, you can get the snowmobile out of the garage, load it on the trailer and head for the Denali Highway or Summit Lake without checking the weather until you’re on the road.