Hoonah, 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 Hoonah's primary NOAA station, HOONAH.
The climate verdict for Hoonah
Water is the standout signal in Hoonah, Alaska: 65.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 43°F. At 24/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 0% of scores.
- 43°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 24/100
- comfort score, above 0% of station-mapped location scores
- 65.8"
- annual precipitation · 90" snow
- 148 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Hoonah: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00503695 · Hoonah, AK 43°F mean · 65.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #823
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Truckee-tahoe
- PRCP-WET 65.8"
- SWING-NARROW 27°F
- COMF-LOW 24/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,981 HDD
- STN-1 USC00503695
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Truckee-tahoe, CA (+ 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.
- Hoonah (this station) 43°F
- Cold Mt Mitchell, NC 43°F
- Hot Truckee-tahoe, CA 43°F
- Near Petersburg, AK 43°F
- Near Hyder, AK 43°F
Hoonah 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 · Hoonah
Hoonah: 20/100 · grade F
Hoonah publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hoonah, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 24/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 152 calendar days | 45/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 148 days/year | 24/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.1°F · 24.4° from 67.5°F | 13/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 90.0 inches/year | 3/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 65.8 in · 30.8 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Hoonah · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hoonah is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 30.6°F and warmest-month mean 57.8°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 57.8°F
- Coldest month
- 30.6°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 Hoonah sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hoonah's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 88%
- Among 6,861 stations, Hoonah sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 3% wettest
- Hoonah's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Hoonah is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hoonah compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hoonah's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
24 0th percentile score exceeds 0% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 34°F (1°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 6.8" | 25.0" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 5.0" | 12.3" | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 40°F (4°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 4.4" | 20.0" | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 49°F (9°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.1" | 1.7" | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 58°F (14°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 62°F (17°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 65°F (18°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 64°F (18°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 58°F (14°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 7.3" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| October | 48°F (9°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 9.2" | 0.6" | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 39°F (4°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 8.8" | 13.4" | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 7.9" | 17.0" | 22.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 66°F around July 31, short of 90°F on every date, while 152 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 27°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 8, then returns to freezing around November 9, covering 152 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 October 18, when 76% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is May 23 at 48%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 222 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 18°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Hoonah.
Where Hoonah Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 66 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 18°F.
Hoonah 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: 25.0"
19.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.3"
15.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.0"
15.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.7"
16.9 days with precipitation
14.7 days with precipitation
16.0 days with precipitation
17.8 days with precipitation
19.3 days with precipitation
21.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
23.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.4"
20.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 17.0"
21.0 days with precipitation
Hoonah 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 30%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Hoonah has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 27.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 9.2" and May 2.5". The three wettest months together take 39% 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.
How Hoonah's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 222 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 65.8" between them, or roughly 0.30 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
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 Hoonah
Hoonah averages 90.0 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 35 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: 90.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 35 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 14% 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
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
148 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,981
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Hoonah 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 (43°F here).
- Almont, ND 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Bismarck, ND 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Clark, SD 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Grantsburg, WI 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (65.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fairhope, AL 65.8" · 0.0" off
- Terrytown, LA 65.9" · 0.1" off
- Palm Beach Gardens, FL 66.0" · 0.2" off
- Haleyville, AL 66.1" · 0.3" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Hoonah
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Hoonah, at 7,981 degree days versus 4 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 27.2°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Only about 148 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. Hoonah coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 31°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Hoonah typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Hoonah snow peak
January
Hoonah averages 90.0 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Hoonah's primary station: HOONAH (USC00503695). 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 0233360). Match rule for Hoonah: 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 Hoonah 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.