Ben's Farm, AK Climate: Temperature by Month
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30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Ben's Farm's primary NOAA station, BEN'S FARM.
The climate verdict for Ben's Farm
Ben's Farm, Alaska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 37°F. July is the warmest month at 60°F and January the coldest at 14°F.
- 37°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 131 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Ben's Farm: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00500707 · Ben's Farm, AK 37°F mean
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COLD 37°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sargents
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 10,216 HDD
- STN-1 USC00500707
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sargents, CO (+ 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.
- Ben's Farm (this station) 37°F
- Hot Eklutna Wtp, AK 37°F
- Near Sargents, CO 37°F
- Near Tower Falls, WY 37°F
- Near Anderson Lake, AK 37°F
Ben's Farm 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 · Ben's Farm
Ben's Farm: 9/100 · grade F
Ben's Farm publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ben's Farm, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 194 calendar days | 17/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 131 days/year | 13/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 36.9°F · 30.6° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
Ben's Farm · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Ben's Farm sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Ben's Farm are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 98%
- Among 6,861 stations, Ben's Farm sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 66th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°F (-6°C) | 6°F (-14°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | N/A | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 28°F (-2°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | N/A | 26.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 34°F (1°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | N/A | 28.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 49°F (9°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | N/A | 19.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | N/A | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| June | 68°F (20°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 70°F (21°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 67°F (19°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 57°F (14°C) | N/A | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| September | 57°F (14°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 49°F (9°C) | N/A | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| October | 42°F (6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 35°F (2°C) | N/A | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 28°F (-2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | N/A | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 23°F (-5°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | N/A | 29.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 70°F around July 7, short of 90°F on every date, while 194 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 5°F near January 8.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 21, then returns to freezing around October 11, covering 194 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.
The widest day
May 19 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
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Where Ben's Farm Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 194 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Ben's Farm earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 12
50% probability date
Growing Season
131 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10,216
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
8
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Ben's Farm 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 (37°F here).
- Grand Lake, CO 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Tower, MN 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Island Park, ID 37°F · 0.1°F off
- Jackson, MT 37°F · 0.1°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ben's Farm's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Ben's Farm's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 10,216 annual heating degree days against 8 for cooling. Its 46.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 131 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Ben's Farm's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.4°F. The annual average is 37°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Ben's Farm's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Ben's Farm's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Ben's Farm, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Ben's Farm's primary station: BEN'S FARM (USC00500707). 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 Ben's Farm; 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 Ben's Farm 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.