Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle, 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 Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle's primary NOAA station, EAGLE RVR GAKONA CIRCLE.
The climate verdict for Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle
Dryness leads the climate profile for Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle, Alaska, with 17.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 36°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 36°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.7"
- annual precipitation · 71" snow
- 140 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00502645 · Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle, AK 36°F mean · 17.7" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 36°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fraser
- PRCP-DRY 17.7"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 10,535 HDD
- STN-1 USC00502645
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Fraser, CO ( -0.1 °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.
- Eagle Rvr Gakon… (this station) 36°F
- Cold Talkeetna, AK 36°F
- Hot Amber Lake, AK 36°F
- Near Fraser, CO 36°F
- Near St Paul Island, AK 36°F
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle 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 Rvr Gakona Circle
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle: 15/100 · grade F
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 17.7 in · 17.3 from 35 in | 38/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 140 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 196 calendar days | 16/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 70.5 inches/year | 10/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 36.1°F · 31.4° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle is a continental Köppen climate: Dsc
Coldest-month mean 14.7°F and warmest-month mean 58.5°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, cool summer climates (Dsc). Class Dsc is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, cool summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsc
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 58.5°F
- Coldest month
- 14.7°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 Rvr Gakona Circle sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 98%
- Among 6,861 stations, Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 77%
- Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 52nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20°F (-6°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 1.0" | 12.5" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 27°F (-3°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 1.1" | 11.7" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 33°F (1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.8" | 8.9" | 29.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 46°F (8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.6" | 4.5" | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 58°F (14°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.9" | 0.4" | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 64°F (18°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 67°F (19°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 63°F (17°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| September | 54°F (12°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.7" | 0.4" | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 40°F (4°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.7" | 3.5" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 26°F (-4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 1.6" | 12.3" | 28.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 22°F (-6°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 1.2" | 16.3" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 67°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 196 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 8°F near January 9.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 22, then returns to freezing around October 10, covering 196 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 September 9, when 57% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 21 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 125 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 20 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle.
Where Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 196 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle 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: 12.5"
8.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.7"
7.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.9"
5.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.5"
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
7.5 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
16.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
17.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.5"
13.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.3"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 16.3"
8.7 days with precipitation
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 34% of the annual total and December through February 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 2.8" and April 0.6". The three wettest months together take 43% 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.
Rain reaches Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle in small, frequent amounts
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle records about 125 days with measurable precipitation a year and 17.7" in total, which works out to roughly 0.14 inches on an average wet day. Precipitation on 34% of all days, arriving that lightly, is the damp many-grey-days pattern rather than the storm-driven one.
Places in this band read as wetter than their annual totals suggest, because what people notice is the number of overcast days, not the depth in the gauge.
- Most wet days: September, about 18 of them.
- Fewest: March, about 6.
- Average depth per wet day: 0.14 inches.
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 Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle averages 70.5 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 38 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: 70.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 38 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 40% 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
September 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
140 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10,535
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
13
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle 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 (36°F here).
- Rolette, ND 36°F · 0.0°F off
- Fraser, CO 36°F · 0.1°F off
- Lakeview, MT 36°F · 0.3°F off
- Atlantic City, WY 37°F · 0.4°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Lusk, WY 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Richfield, KS 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Towner, ND 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Washburn, ND 17.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle
heating led · dry · mid swing
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 10,535 annual heating degree days against 13 for cooling. Its 43.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 140 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.
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1. Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle coldest normal
January
Averaging 15°F (-10°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle snow peak
December
Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle averages 70.5 inches of snow a year, with December 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 Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle's primary station: EAGLE RVR GAKONA CIRCLE (USC00502645). 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 Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle; 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 Eagle Rvr Gakona Circle 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.