Kobe Hill, 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 Kobe Hill's primary NOAA station, KOBE HILL.
The climate verdict for Kobe Hill
Winter sets the terms in Kobe Hill, Alaska. A pronounced 66.9°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 28°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 28°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 16.3"
- annual precipitation
- 101 days
- frost-free growing season
Kobe Hill: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00504971 · Kobe Hill, AK 28°F mean · 16.3" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 28°F
- RANK-COOL #69
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Minchumina
- PRCP-DRY 16.3"
- SWING-WIDE 67°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 13,440 HDD
- STN-1 USC00504971
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Minchumina, 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.
- Kobe Hill (this station) 28°F
- Cold Minchumina, AK 28°F
- Near Mckinley Park, AK 28°F
- Near Mt Washington, NH 28°F
- Near Nome, AK 28°F
Kobe Hill 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 · Kobe Hill
Kobe Hill: 7/100 · grade F
Kobe Hill publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Kobe Hill, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 16.3 in · 18.7 from 35 in | 33/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 231 calendar days | 1/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 28.2°F · 39.3° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 101 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Kobe Hill · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Kobe Hill is a continental Köppen climate: Dfc
Coldest-month mean -5.3°F and warmest-month mean 61.6°F place this station in continental, no dry season, cool summer climates (Dfc). Class Dfc is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, cool summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfc
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 61.6°F
- Coldest month
- -5.3°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 Kobe Hill sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Kobe Hill's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 99%
- Among 6,861 stations, Kobe Hill sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 79%
- Kobe Hill'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 Kobe Hill is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Kobe Hill compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Kobe Hill's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°F (-16°C) | -13°F (-25°C) | -5°F (-21°C) | 0.7" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 15°F (-10°C) | -7°F (-22°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 0.5" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 26°F (-4°C) | -3°F (-19°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 0.6" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 47°F (8°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.4" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 62°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 1.2" | 12.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.9" | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| July | 73°F (23°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 3.0" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| August | 67°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.2" | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| September | 55°F (13°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.3" | 13.8 | 0.0 |
| October | 33°F (1°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.8" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 12°F (-11°C) | -3°F (-19°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 1.1" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 5°F (-15°C) | -11°F (-24°C) | -3°F (-20°C) | 0.6" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 74°F around June 29, short of 90°F on every date, while 231 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -14°F near January 7.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 5, then returns to freezing around September 18, covering 231 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 13, when 47% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 7 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 123 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Kobe Hill.
Where Kobe Hill Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 231 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Kobe Hill 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
8.6 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
15.0 days with precipitation
14.1 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Kobe Hill runs a summer-peaked wet season
50% of Kobe Hill'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 3.2", on a wide 66.9°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, September, taking 52% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: April at 0.4".
- Winter share: 11% 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.
Rain reaches Kobe Hill in small, frequent amounts
Kobe Hill records about 122 days with measurable precipitation a year and 16.3" in total, which works out to roughly 0.13 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: July, about 15 of them.
- Fewest: April, about 5.
- Average depth per wet day: 0.13 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
101 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
13,440
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
45
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Kobe Hill 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 (28°F here).
- Cooke City, MT 34°F · 6.0°F off
- Crested Butte, CO 34°F · 6.0°F off
- Silver Gate, MT 34°F · 6.1°F off
- Stanley, ID 34°F · 6.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (16.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hinsdale, MT 16.3" · 0.0" off
- Livingston, MT 16.3" · 0.0" off
- Byers, CO 16.3" · 0.0" off
- Roy, NM 16.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Kobe Hill's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Kobe Hill logs 13,440 heating degree days, more than twice its 45 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 66.9°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 101 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 this dry, high-range record. The gap is 66.9°F, so a single annual figure is especially lossy; the annual average is 28°f. Compare monthly temperature and precipitation together before drawing a seasonal conclusion about Kobe Hill.
Kobe Hill's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 16.3 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.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Kobe Hill'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 Kobe Hill, 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 Kobe Hill's primary station: KOBE HILL (USC00504971). 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 Kobe Hill; 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 Kobe Hill 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.