Kwethluk, AK
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BETHEL AP, AK US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Kwethluk has an annual average temperature of 31.4°F with about 19.7 inches of precipitation per year and 64 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 63.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 1.2°F). August is typically the wettest month (3.36 in) and March the driest (0.74 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.
Best time to visit Kwethluk
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →49 of 366 (13.4%) of Kwethluk'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.
| 1920s | 52 | |
| 1930s | 74 | |
| 1940s | 37 | |
| 1950s | 25 | |
| 1960s | 29 | |
| 1970s | 11 | |
| 1980s | 18 | |
| 1990s | 19 | |
| 2000s | 37 | |
| 2010s | 54 | |
| 2020s | 10 |
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 | 12.7°F | 1.2°F | 6.9°F | 0.77 in | 9.4 in | 9 |
| February | 20.1°F | 6.5°F | 13.3°F | 0.88 in | 8.1 in | 10 |
| March | 22.0°F | 7.0°F | 14.5°F | 0.74 in | 8.8 in | 9 |
| April | 36.9°F | 21.2°F | 29.0°F | 0.79 in | 6.0 in | 10 |
| May | 52.0°F | 34.1°F | 43.0°F | 1.21 in | 1.9 in | 12 |
| June | 62.1°F | 44.5°F | 53.3°F | 1.77 in | — | 13 |
| July | 63.6°F | 49.0°F | 56.3°F | 2.57 in | — | 16 |
| August | 60.5°F | 47.3°F | 53.9°F | 3.36 in | — | 18 |
| September | 52.7°F | 39.4°F | 46.1°F | 2.89 in | 0.5 in | 17 |
| October | 37.9°F | 26.4°F | 32.2°F | 1.84 in | 3.9 in | 13 |
| November | 24.3°F | 12.8°F | 18.5°F | 1.80 in | 13.2 in | 14 |
| December | 16.3°F | 3.7°F | 10.0°F | 1.06 in | 12.2 in | 11 |
Climate twins of Kwethluk
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).