Eagle, AK Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Eagle's primary NOAA station, EAGLE AP - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Eagle
Winter sets the terms in Eagle, Alaska. A pronounced 66.9°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 26°F. July is the warmest month at 59°F and January the coldest at -8°F.
- 26°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 11.5"
- yearly precipitation total
Eagle: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00026422 · Eagle, AK 26°F mean · 11.5" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 26°F
- RANK-COOL #1
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nabesna
- PRCP-ARID 11.5"
- SWING-WIDE 67°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 14,095 HDD
- STN-MULTI USW00026422
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Nabesna, AK (+ 0.4 °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.
- Hot Gennallen Kcam, AK 27°F
- Near Nabesna, AK 27°F
- Near Ester, AK 27°F
- Near Eielson Fld, AK 27°F
- Eagle (this station) 26°F
Eagle 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 · Eagle
Eagle: 4/100 · grade F
Eagle publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Eagle, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 11.5 in · 23.5 from 35 in | 17/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 26.3°F · 41.2° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 260 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Eagle · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Eagle is a continental Köppen climate: Dwc
Coldest-month mean -7.7°F and warmest-month mean 59.2°F place this station in continental, dry-winter, cool summer climates (Dwc). Class Dwc is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-winter, cool summer.
- Köppen code
- Dwc
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 59.2°F
- Coldest month
- -7.7°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 Eagle sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Eagle's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 100%
- Among 6,861 stations, Eagle sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 91%
- Eagle's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 99%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Eagle is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°F (-17°C) | -16°F (-27°C) | -8°F (-22°C) | 0.3" | N/A | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 12°F (-11°C) | -10°F (-23°C) | 1°F (-17°C) | 0.3" | N/A | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 24°F (-5°C) | -6°F (-21°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 0.2" | N/A | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 45°F (7°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.3" | N/A | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 62°F (17°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 0.9" | N/A | 20.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 72°F (22°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.8" | N/A | 3.4 | 0.1 |
| July | 73°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.8" | N/A | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| August | 67°F (19°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.9" | N/A | 6.7 | 0.1 |
| September | 55°F (13°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 1.4" | N/A | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| October | 34°F (1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.8" | N/A | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 13°F (-11°C) | -4°F (-20°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 0.4" | N/A | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 7°F (-14°C) | -11°F (-24°C) | -2°F (-19°C) | 0.4" | N/A | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 75°F around June 29, short of 90°F on every date, while 260 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -18°F near January 13.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 23, then returns to freezing around September 7, covering 260 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 July 23, when 54% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 6 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 106 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Eagle.
Where Eagle Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 260 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 12 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Eagle 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
6.7 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
16.6 days with precipitation
15.1 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
Eagle runs a summer-peaked wet season
56% of Eagle's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is July at 2.8", on a wide 66.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: July, August, June, taking 56% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: March at 0.2".
- Winter share: 8% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
Eagle is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 106 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 29% of the calendar, and they carry 11.5" between them. At roughly 0.11 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is July at about 17 wet days; the driest is March at about 4.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
14,095
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
11
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Eagle 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 (26°F here).
- Cooke City, MT 34°F · 7.9°F off
- Crested Butte, CO 34°F · 7.9°F off
- Silver Gate, MT 34°F · 8.0°F off
- Stanley, ID 34°F · 8.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Manila, UT 11.5" · 0.0" off
- Cody, WY 11.5" · 0.0" off
- Grantsville, UT 11.6" · 0.1" off
- Helena, MT 11.4" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Eagle's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Eagle logs 14,095 heating degree days, more than twice its 11 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 66.9°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Eagle. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in this dry, high-range record. The gap is 66.9°F, so a single annual figure is especially lossy; the annual average is 26°f. Compare monthly temperature and precipitation together before drawing a seasonal conclusion about Eagle.
Eagle's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 11.5 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Eagle wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (11.5 inches).
Eagle driest normal
March
March is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Eagle's primary station: EAGLE AP (USW00026422). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Eagle area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 0220380). Match rule for Eagle: 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 Eagle 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.