Bettles, AK

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BETTLES AP, AK US.

Dfc Subarctic climate 3b USDA hardiness Zone 3b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Bettles has an annual average temperature of 23.9°F with about 16 inches of precipitation per year and 97.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 70.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low -18.9°F). August is typically the wettest month (2.71 in) and April the driest (0.60 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing
70.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
14,784
Cooling need
0

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

58 of 366 (15.8%) of Bettles'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.

1950s
28
1960s
51
1970s
43
1980s
35
1990s
72
2000s
57
2010s
56
2020s
24

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 -2.4°F -18.9°F -10.6°F 0.87 in 14.0 in 9
February 6.5°F -13.3°F -3.4°F 0.96 in 15.9 in 10
March 16.6°F -9.2°F 3.7°F 0.61 in 9.3 in 8
April 35.9°F 13.2°F 24.6°F 0.60 in 5.2 in 6
May 55.7°F 34.2°F 45.0°F 0.89 in 1.0 in 9
June 69.9°F 47.3°F 58.6°F 1.46 in 11
July 70.2°F 49.4°F 59.8°F 2.32 in 13
August 62.6°F 42.7°F 52.7°F 2.71 in 15
September 49.8°F 32.6°F 41.2°F 2.13 in 3.2 in 13
October 28.4°F 14.3°F 21.3°F 1.17 in 12.0 in 12
November 7.6°F -7.0°F 0.3°F 1.15 in 19.1 in 10
December 1.9°F -13.9°F -6.0°F 1.14 in 18.2 in 11

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