Kenai, AK

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

Dsc Mediterranean subarctic climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Kenai has an annual average temperature of 35.6°F with about 18.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 63.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 7.4°F). September is typically the wettest month (3.57 in) and April the driest (0.58 in).

Annual swing
41.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
10,569
Cooling need
0

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

59 of 366 (16.1%) of Kenai'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.

1890s
2
1900s
60
1940s
24
1950s
24
1960s
47
1970s
25
1980s
21
1990s
16
2000s
65
2010s
68
2020s
14

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 22.4°F 7.4°F 14.9°F 0.89 in 8
February 28.1°F 11.6°F 19.9°F 0.83 in 8
March 32.7°F 14.4°F 23.6°F 0.64 in 6
April 44.3°F 27.7°F 36.0°F 0.58 in 6
May 54.5°F 36.4°F 45.4°F 0.79 in 8
June 60.2°F 44.0°F 52.1°F 1.20 in 10
July 63.3°F 48.8°F 56.0°F 1.98 in 13
August 62.7°F 46.8°F 54.8°F 2.68 in 14
September 55.7°F 39.8°F 47.8°F 3.57 in 16
October 43.1°F 28.6°F 35.9°F 2.56 in 13
November 30.2°F 16.1°F 23.2°F 1.41 in 10
December 25.1°F 11.0°F 18.1°F 1.14 in 11

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