Farewell Lake, AK Climate: Temperature by Month
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30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Farewell Lake's primary NOAA station, FAREWELL LAKE.
The climate verdict for Farewell Lake
Winter sets the terms in Farewell Lake, Alaska. A pronounced 60.7°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 30°F. July is the warmest month at 59°F and January the coldest at -2°F.
- 30°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 98 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Farewell Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00503009 · Farewell Lake, AK 30°F mean
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COLD 30°F
- RANK-COOL #69
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Whitestone Farms
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 61°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 12,839 HDD
- STN-1 USC00503009
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Whitestone Farms, AK ( -0.2 °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.
- Farewell Lake (this station) 30°F
- Hot Nenana, AK 30°F
- Near Whitestone Farms, AK 30°F
- Near Puntilla, AK 30°F
- Cold Silver Lake, AK 29°F
Farewell Lake 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 · Farewell Lake
Farewell Lake: 2/100 · grade F
Farewell Lake publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Farewell Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 221 calendar days | 5/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 29.8°F · 37.7° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 98 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Farewell Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Farewell Lake sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Farewell Lake are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 99%
- Among 6,861 stations, Farewell Lake sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 98%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Farewell Lake 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°F (-13°C) | -12°F (-25°C) | -2°F (-19°C) | N/A | 29.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 21°F (-6°C) | -3°F (-19°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | N/A | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 28°F (-2°C) | 0°F (-18°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | N/A | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 45°F (7°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 33°F (1°C) | N/A | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 59°F (15°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | N/A | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| June | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| July | 70°F (21°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | N/A | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| August | 65°F (18°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 56°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | N/A | 14.3 | 0.0 |
| October | 38°F (3°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | N/A | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 20°F (-6°C) | 0°F (-18°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | N/A | 29.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 13°F (-11°C) | -7°F (-22°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | N/A | 30.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 71°F around July 1, short of 90°F on every date, while 221 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -14°F near January 11.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 2, then returns to freezing around September 25, covering 221 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
March 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
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Where Farewell Lake Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 221 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Farewell Lake 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 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
98 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
12,839
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
12
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Farewell Lake 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 (30°F here).
- Cooke City, MT 34°F · 4.4°F off
- Crested Butte, CO 34°F · 4.4°F off
- Silver Gate, MT 34°F · 4.5°F off
- Stanley, ID 34°F · 4.6°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Farewell Lake's climate pattern fits together
heating led · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Farewell Lake logs 12,839 heating degree days, more than twice its 12 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 60.7°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 98 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.
Farewell Lake's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 60.7°F between them. The annual average is 30°F. That average is context, while the monthly highs, lows, and precipitation totals describe the lived parts of the year.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Farewell Lake'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 Farewell Lake'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 Farewell Lake, 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 Farewell Lake's primary station: FAREWELL LAKE (USC00503009). 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 Farewell Lake; 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 Farewell Lake 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.