Gennallen Kcam, AK Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Gennallen Kcam's primary NOAA station, GENNALLEN KCAM.
The climate verdict for Gennallen Kcam
Winter sets the terms in Gennallen Kcam, Alaska. A pronounced 62.9°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 27°F. July is the warmest month at 58°F and January the coldest at -5°F.
- 27°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 12.1"
- yearly precipitation total
Gennallen Kcam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00503304 · Gennallen Kcam, AK 27°F mean · 12.1" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 27°F
- RANK-COOL #1
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eielson Fld
- PRCP-DRY 12.1"
- SWING-WIDE 63°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 13,813 HDD
- STN-1 USC00503304
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Eielson Fld, 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.
- Gennallen Kcam (this station) 27°F
- Cold Nabesna, AK 27°F
- Hot Delta, AK 27°F
- Near Eielson Fld, AK 27°F
- Near Ester, AK 27°F
Gennallen Kcam 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 · Gennallen Kcam
Gennallen Kcam: 4/100 · grade F
Gennallen Kcam publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Gennallen Kcam, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 12.1 in · 22.9 from 35 in | 19/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 27.1°F · 40.4° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 248 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Gennallen Kcam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Gennallen Kcam is a continental Köppen climate: Dsc
Coldest-month mean -5.2°F and warmest-month mean 57.7°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
- 57.7°F
- Coldest month
- -5.2°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 Gennallen Kcam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Gennallen Kcam'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, Gennallen Kcam sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 90%
- Gennallen Kcam'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 Gennallen Kcam 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 | 4°F (-15°C) | -14°F (-26°C) | -5°F (-21°C) | 0.7" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 15°F (-9°C) | -9°F (-23°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 0.8" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 28°F (-2°C) | -2°F (-19°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 0.4" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 45°F (7°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.2" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 58°F (15°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.7" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| June | 67°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.5" | 3.7 | 0.2 |
| July | 70°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.7" | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| August | 65°F (18°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.8" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| September | 55°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.4" | 15.2 | 0.0 |
| October | 37°F (3°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.8" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 14°F (-10°C) | -4°F (-20°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 1.2" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 6°F (-15°C) | -11°F (-24°C) | -2°F (-19°C) | 0.8" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 70°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 248 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -16°F near January 8.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 20, then returns to freezing around September 16, covering 248 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 August 14, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 10 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 78 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Gennallen Kcam.
Where Gennallen Kcam Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 248 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 12 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Gennallen Kcam earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
6.6 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
Gennallen Kcam runs a summer-peaked wet season
42% of Gennallen Kcam'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 August at 1.8", on a wide 62.9°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: August, July, June, taking 42% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: April at 0.2".
- Winter share: 19% 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.
Gennallen Kcam is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 78 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 21% of the calendar, and they carry 12.1" between them. At roughly 0.16 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 August at about 11 wet days; the driest is April at about 2.
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
13,813
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 Gennallen Kcam 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 (27°F here).
- Cooke City, MT 34°F · 7.1°F off
- Crested Butte, CO 34°F · 7.1°F off
- Silver Gate, MT 34°F · 7.2°F off
- Stanley, ID 34°F · 7.3°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Evanston, WY 12.1" · 0.0" off
- Hachita, NM 12.1" · 0.0" off
- Lindsay, CA 12.1" · 0.0" off
- Valentine, TX 12.1" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Gennallen Kcam's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Gennallen Kcam logs 13,813 heating degree days, more than twice its 13 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 62.9°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Gennallen Kcam. 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 62.9°F, so a single annual figure is especially lossy; the annual average is 27°f. Compare monthly temperature and precipitation together before drawing a seasonal conclusion about Gennallen Kcam.
Gennallen Kcam's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 12.1 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.
Gennallen Kcam wettest normal
August
August concentrates the scarce annual total (12.1 inches).
Gennallen Kcam driest normal
April
April 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 Gennallen Kcam's primary station: GENNALLEN KCAM (USC00503304). 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 Gennallen Kcam; 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 Gennallen Kcam 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.