Wainwright, AK
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WAINWRIGHT AP, AK US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
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Climate summary
Wainwright has an annual average temperature of 14.8°F with about 0 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 52.2°F), and the coldest is February (average low -18.2°F).
Annual swing
56.9°F
warmest to coldest month
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All-time records →99 of 366 (27%) of Wainwright'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.
| 1930s | 17 | |
| 1940s | 17 | |
| 1950s | 56 | |
| 1960s | 54 | |
| 1990s | 4 | |
| 2000s | 82 | |
| 2010s | 107 | |
| 2020s | 29 |
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 | -3.9°F | -17.6°F | -10.8°F | in | — | — |
| February | -4.7°F | -18.2°F | -11.4°F | in | — | — |
| March | -3.5°F | -17.8°F | -10.6°F | in | — | — |
| April | 10.8°F | -3.3°F | 3.8°F | in | — | — |
| May | 28.9°F | 19.4°F | 24.1°F | in | — | — |
| June | 45.9°F | 33.0°F | 39.4°F | in | — | — |
| July | 52.2°F | 38.8°F | 45.5°F | in | — | — |
| August | 48.5°F | 37.8°F | 43.1°F | in | — | — |
| September | 38.9°F | 30.9°F | 34.9°F | in | — | — |
| October | 25.7°F | 16.0°F | 20.9°F | in | — | — |
| November | 11.8°F | -1.0°F | 5.4°F | in | — | — |
| December | -0.3°F | -12.9°F | -6.6°F | in | — | — |
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