Akutan, AK

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DUTCH HARBOR, AK US.

Cfc Subpolar oceanic climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Akutan has an annual average temperature of 41.6°F with about 60.1 inches of precipitation per year and 81.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is August (average high 59.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 28.7°F). October is typically the wettest month (7.89 in) and July the driest (2.30 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing
20.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,430
Cooling need
0

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

55 of 366 (15%) of Akutan's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1910s
27
1920s
72
1930s
81
1940s
13
1950s
12
1980s
23
1990s
39
2000s
32
2010s
33
2020s
34

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 37.3°F 28.7°F 33.0°F 6.79 in 22.0 in 22
February 38.6°F 29.4°F 34.0°F 5.18 in 14.2 in 19
March 38.9°F 29.2°F 34.1°F 4.65 in 16.5 in 19
April 41.8°F 32.5°F 37.1°F 3.47 in 6.3 in 18
May 46.7°F 37.4°F 42.0°F 4.20 in 0.2 in 18
June 52.3°F 42.4°F 47.3°F 2.52 in 15
July 57.4°F 46.6°F 52.0°F 2.30 in 14
August 59.3°F 48.1°F 53.7°F 2.86 in 15
September 54.6°F 44.2°F 49.4°F 5.73 in 20
October 48.1°F 38.4°F 43.2°F 7.89 in 0.4 in 25
November 43.3°F 33.2°F 38.2°F 6.66 in 6.2 in 23
December 39.3°F 30.6°F 35.0°F 7.88 in 15.8 in 23

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