Kaltag, AK

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

Dfc Subarctic climate 4a USDA hardiness Zone 4a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Kaltag has an annual average temperature of 27.9°F with about 21.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 69.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low -12.3°F). August is typically the wettest month (3.38 in) and December the driest (0.72 in).

Annual swing
63.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
13,341
Cooling need
0

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

115 of 366 (31.4%) of Kaltag'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.

1990s
4
2000s
196
2010s
131
2020s
35

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 4.3°F -12.3°F -4.0°F 1.02 in 7
February 14.1°F -6.0°F 4.1°F 1.29 in 10
March 21.2°F -1.9°F 9.7°F 1.45 in 9
April 38.3°F 16.9°F 27.6°F 1.39 in 8
May 56.3°F 33.9°F 45.1°F 1.02 in 9
June 69.3°F 45.5°F 57.4°F 1.65 in 12
July 69.4°F 49.3°F 59.3°F 2.24 in 14
August 63.5°F 45.0°F 54.3°F 3.38 in 18
September 53.2°F 35.7°F 44.5°F 3.17 in 15
October 34.9°F 20.7°F 27.8°F 2.78 in 11
November 17.2°F 1.6°F 9.4°F 1.43 in 8
December 7.8°F -7.7°F 0.1°F 0.72 in 7

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