Hope, AK Climate: Temperature 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 Hope's primary NOAA station, HOPE.
The climate verdict for Hope
Hope, Alaska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 37°F. July is the warmest month at 58°F and January the coldest at 18°F.
- 37°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 129 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Hope: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00503720 · Hope, AK 37°F mean
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COLD 37°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ King Salmon
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 10,360 HDD
- STN-1 USC00503720
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: King Salmon, AK (+ 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.
- Hope (this station) 37°F
- Hot Dixie, ID 37°F
- Near King Salmon, AK 37°F
- Near Sutton, AK 37°F
- Near Fairplay S Park…, CO 37°F
Hope 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 · Hope
Hope: 6/100 · grade F
Hope publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hope, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 129 days/year | 11/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 206 calendar days | 11/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 36.5°F · 31.0° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
Hope · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Hope sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Hope are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 98%
- Among 6,861 stations, Hope sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 35th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude 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 | 25°F (-4°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | N/A | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 30°F (-1°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | N/A | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 34°F (1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | N/A | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 45°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | N/A | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 56°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | N/A | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 63°F (17°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 54°F (12°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 66°F (19°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 58°F (14°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 63°F (17°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 55°F (13°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 47°F (8°C) | N/A | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| October | 42°F (6°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 35°F (2°C) | N/A | 24.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 29°F (-2°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | N/A | 28.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 27°F (-3°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | N/A | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 66°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 206 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 10°F near January 12.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 1, then returns to freezing around October 9, covering 206 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
May 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Hope.
Where Hope Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 206 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Hope earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
129 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10,360
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Hope 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 (37°F here).
- Atlantic City, WY 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Brian Head, UT 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Rolla, ND 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Lakeview, MT 36°F · 0.1°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Hope's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Hope's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 10,360 annual heating degree days against 1 for cooling. Its 39.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 129 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Hope's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.9°F. The annual average is 37°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Hope'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 Hope'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 Hope, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Hope's climate
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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 Hope's primary station: HOPE (USC00503720). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 0233580), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Hope: 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 Hope 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.