Craig, 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 Craig's primary NOAA station, CRAIG.
The climate verdict for Craig
Water is the standout signal in Craig, Alaska: 99.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 33/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 33/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 99.9"
- annual precipitation
- 201 days
- frost-free growing season
Craig: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00502227 · Craig, AK 45°F mean · 99.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wrangell
- PRCP-WET 99.9"
- SWING-NARROW 21°F
- COMF-LOW 33/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,301 HDD
- STN-1 USC00502227
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Wrangell, 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.
- Craig (this station) 45°F
- Hot Huntington Lake, CA 45°F
- Near Wrangell, AK 45°F
- Near Klawock, AK 45°F
- Near Easton, WA 45°F
Craig 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 · Craig
Craig: 47/100 · grade D
Craig publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Craig, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 33/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 25 calendar days | 97/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 201 days/year | 65/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.9°F · 22.6° from 67.5°F | 19/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 99.9 in · 64.9 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Craig · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Craig is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfb
Coldest-month mean 36.1°F and warmest-month mean 56.8°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, warm summer climates (Cfb). Class Cfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 56.8°F
- Coldest month
- 36.1°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 Craig sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Craig's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 82%
- Among 6,861 stations, Craig sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Craig's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 96%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Craig is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Craig compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Craig's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
33 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% 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%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 9.1" | 12.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (4°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 6.9" | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (5°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 8.1" | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 47°F (8°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 7.2" | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 53°F (12°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 5.5" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 57°F (14°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 60°F (15°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 5.1" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 61°F (16°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 7.3" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 57°F (14°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 10.4" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 50°F (10°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 13.1" | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 43°F (6°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 12.3" | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 10.9" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 62°F around August 6, short of 90°F on every date, while 25 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 32°F near February 25.
The freezing stretch
Freezing normal lows persist into March 10, covering 25 dates.
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 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 10°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Craig.
Where Craig Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 100 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 10°F.
Craig earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Craig spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 16% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Craig has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 20.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 13.1" and June 4.0". The three wettest months together take 36% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
201 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,301
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Craig 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 (45°F here).
- Custer, SD 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest City, IA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest Lake, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Gaylord, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (99.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Paauilo, HI 90.4" · 9.5" off
- Baring, WA 109.9" · 10.0" off
- Tillamook, OR 89.8" · 10.1" off
- Government Camp, OR 89.8" · 10.2" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Craig's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Craig, at 7,301 degree days versus 1 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 20.7°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Craig's frost-free season lasts about 201 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Craig's 20.7°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 45°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Craig carries 99.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Craig'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 Craig, 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 Craig's primary station: CRAIG (USC00502227). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 0217740). Match rule for Craig: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Craig 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.