Kodiak Wwtp, AK Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Kodiak Wwtp's primary NOAA station, KODIAK WWTP.
The climate verdict for Kodiak Wwtp
Water is the standout signal in Kodiak Wwtp, Alaska: 75.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 42°F. At 29/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 1% of scores.
- 42°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 29/100
- comfort score, above 1% of station-mapped location scores
- 75.6"
- annual precipitation · 43" snow
- 168 days
- frost-free growing season
Kodiak Wwtp: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00504991 · Kodiak Wwtp, AK 42°F mean · 75.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #617
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sunrise Mtn
- PRCP-WET 75.6"
- SWING-NARROW 24°F
- COMF-LOW 29/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,430 HDD
- STN-1 USC00504991
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sunrise Mtn, AZ ( -0.1 °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.
- Kodiak Wwtp (this station) 42°F
- Cold Eagle Nest, NM 42°F
- Hot Juneau, AK 42°F
- Near Sunrise Mtn, AZ 42°F
- Near Phillipsburg Ra…, MT 42°F
Kodiak Wwtp 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 · Kodiak Wwtp
Kodiak Wwtp: 24/100 · grade F
Kodiak Wwtp publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Kodiak Wwtp, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 29/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 148 calendar days | 48/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 168 days/year | 40/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 42.9 inches/year | 25/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.9°F · 25.6° from 67.5°F | 9/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 75.6 in · 40.6 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Kodiak Wwtp · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Kodiak Wwtp is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 31.6°F and warmest-month mean 55.6°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
- 55.6°F
- Coldest month
- 31.6°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 Kodiak Wwtp sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Kodiak Wwtp's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 91%
- Among 6,861 stations, Kodiak Wwtp sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Kodiak Wwtp's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 95%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Kodiak Wwtp is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Kodiak Wwtp compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Kodiak Wwtp's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
29 1st percentile score exceeds 1% 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 | 36°F (2°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 7.9" | 10.7" | 22.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 6.0" | 6.3" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 38°F (3°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 5.1" | 8.6" | 22.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 43°F (6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 5.6" | 2.9" | 11.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 50°F (10°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 5.4" | 0.3" | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 55°F (13°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 60°F (16°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 61°F (16°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 55°F (13°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 7.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| October | 47°F (8°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 8.3" | 0.0" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 7.1" | 6.3" | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 8.3" | 7.8" | 20.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 62°F around August 3, short of 90°F on every date, while 148 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 27°F near January 2.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 8, then returns to freezing around November 13, covering 148 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 10, when 69% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 3 at 52%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 225 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 11°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Kodiak Wwtp.
Where Kodiak Wwtp Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 76 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 11°F.
Kodiak Wwtp 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: 10.7"
21.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.3"
17.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.6"
16.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.9"
18.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
18.4 days with precipitation
17.0 days with precipitation
15.9 days with precipitation
17.6 days with precipitation
20.8 days with precipitation
21.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.3"
18.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.8"
21.6 days with precipitation
Kodiak Wwtp spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 19% of the annual total and December through February 29%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Kodiak Wwtp has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 24°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 8.3" and July 4.5". The three wettest months together take 32% 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 Kodiak Wwtp's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 225 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 75.6" between them, or roughly 0.34 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 Kodiak Wwtp
Kodiak Wwtp averages 42.9 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 19 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: 42.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 19 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 6% 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 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
168 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,430
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Kodiak Wwtp 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 (42°F here).
- Chelsea, VT 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Fergus Falls, MN 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Lancaster, NH 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Big Bay, MI 42°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (75.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Brevard, NC 75.6" · 0.0" off
- Florence, OR 75.5" · 0.1" off
- Grayland, WA 75.2" · 0.4" off
- Seaside, OR 76.7" · 1.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Kodiak Wwtp
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Kodiak Wwtp, at 8,430 degree days versus 3 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 24.0°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Kodiak Wwtp's frost-free season lasts about 168 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Kodiak Wwtp coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 32°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Kodiak Wwtp typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Kodiak Wwtp snow peak
January
Kodiak Wwtp averages 42.9 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 Kodiak Wwtp's primary station: KODIAK WWTP (USC00504991). 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 Kodiak Wwtp; 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 Kodiak Wwtp 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.