Auke Bay, AK Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Auke Bay's primary NOAA station, AUKE BAY.
The climate verdict for Auke Bay
Water is the standout signal in Auke Bay, Alaska: 65.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 43°F. At 24/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 0% of scores.
- 43°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 24/100
- comfort score, above 0% of station-mapped location scores
- 65.1"
- annual precipitation · 81" snow
- 174 days
- frost-free growing season
Auke Bay: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00500464 · Auke Bay, AK 43°F mean · 65.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #686
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Juneau Mile
- PRCP-WET 65.1"
- SWING-NARROW 29°F
- COMF-LOW 24/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,199 HDD
- STN-1 USC00500464
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Juneau Mile, AK (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AK station list.
- Auke Bay (this station) 43°F
- Hot Cordova Wwtp, AK 43°F
- Near Juneau Mile, AK 43°F
- Near Cordova N, AK 43°F
- Cold Hidden Falls Ha…, AK 42°F
Auke Bay sits in Alaska, the #1 coldest U.S. state at 33.5°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Auke Bay
Auke Bay: 23/100 · grade F
Auke Bay publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Auke Bay, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 24/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 151 calendar days | 46/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 174 days/year | 45/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.5°F · 25.0° from 67.5°F | 11/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 80.7 inches/year | 6/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 65.1 in · 30.1 from 35 in | 1/100 · F |
Auke Bay · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Auke Bay is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 28.2°F and warmest-month mean 57.5°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 57.5°F
- Coldest month
- 28.2°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Auke Bay sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Auke Bay's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 90%
- Among 6,861 stations, Auke Bay sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 3% wettest
- Auke Bay's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 91%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Auke Bay is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Auke Bay compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Auke Bay's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
24 0th percentile score exceeds 0% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). This entry sits in this band.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Above this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Auke Bay's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 51 complete annual observations from 1964 to 2023, AUKE BAY warmed at a fitted rate of 0.24°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Auke Bay primary station fitted change +0.24 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F (0°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 5.2" | 24.0" | 23.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 3.6" | 14.8" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 39°F (4°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.1" | 10.1" | 22.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 49°F (9°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.1" | 1.2" | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 57°F (14°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| June | 63°F (17°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 64°F (18°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 5.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 63°F (17°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 7.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 55°F (13°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 9.9" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| October | 46°F (8°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 7.9" | 0.8" | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 37°F (3°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 5.8" | 11.5" | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (0°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 5.5" | 18.3" | 22.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 64°F around July 30, short of 90°F on every date, while 151 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near January 12.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 6, then returns to freezing around November 8, covering 151 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is October 6, when 81% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is May 18 at 53%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 237 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 15°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Auke Bay.
Where Auke Bay Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 65 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 15°F.
Auke Bay earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 24.0"
21.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.8"
17.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.1"
17.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
17.4 days with precipitation
16.0 days with precipitation
17.1 days with precipitation
19.0 days with precipitation
20.0 days with precipitation
23.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
24.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.5"
22.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 18.3"
21.4 days with precipitation
Auke Bay spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Auke Bay has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 29.3°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 9.9" and April 3.1". The three wettest months together take 38% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Auke Bay's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 236 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 65.1" between them, or roughly 0.28 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Auke Bay
Auke Bay averages 80.7 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 40 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 80.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 40 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 12% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 27
50% probability date
Growing Season
174 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,199
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
7
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Auke Bay on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (43°F here).
- Alder, MT 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Alexandria, MN 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Berlin, NH 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Copper Harbor, MI 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (65.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hollywood, FL 65.0" · 0.0" off
- Waveland, MS 65.0" · 0.1" off
- Cleveland, GA 65.2" · 0.1" off
- Downieville, CA 64.9" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Auke Bay
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Auke Bay, at 8,199 degree days versus 7 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 29.3°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Auke Bay's frost-free season lasts about 174 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Auke Bay coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Auke Bay typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Auke Bay snow peak
January
Auke Bay averages 80.7 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Auke Bay's primary station: AUKE BAY (USC00500464). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Auke Bay; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Auke Bay comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.