Manley Hot Springs, 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 Manley Hot Springs's primary NOAA station, MANLEY HOT SPRINGS 15NE.
The climate verdict for Manley Hot Springs
Winter sets the terms in Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. A pronounced 69.1°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 25°F. July is the warmest month at 59°F and January the coldest at -10°F.
- 25°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 14.0"
- annual precipitation
Manley Hot Springs: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00505645 · Manley Hot Springs, AK 25°F mean · 14.0" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 25°F
- RANK-COOL #1
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kotzebue Ralph…
- PRCP-DRY 14.0"
- SWING-WIDE 69°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 14,673 HDD
- STN-1 USC00505645
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Kotzebue Ralph Wein, AK ( -0.7 °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.
- Hot Glennallen, AK 26°F
- Near Tanana Calhoun…, AK 26°F
- Manley Hot Spri… (this station) 25°F
- Cold Bettles, AK 24°F
- Near Kotzebue Ralph…, AK 24°F
Manley Hot Springs 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 · Manley Hot Springs
Manley Hot Springs: 6/100 · grade F
Manley Hot Springs publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Manley Hot Springs, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 14.0 in · 21.0 from 35 in | 25/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 24.7°F · 42.8° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 261 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Manley Hot Springs · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Manley Hot Springs is a continental Köppen climate: Dfc
Coldest-month mean -9.9°F and warmest-month mean 59.2°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
- 59.2°F
- Coldest month
- -9.9°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 Manley Hot Springs sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Manley Hot Springs'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, Manley Hot Springs sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 85%
- Manley Hot Springs'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 Manley Hot Springs 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 | 2°F (-17°C) | -21°F (-30°C) | -10°F (-23°C) | 0.4" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 12°F (-11°C) | -16°F (-26°C) | -2°F (-19°C) | 0.6" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 24°F (-4°C) | -11°F (-24°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 0.5" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 43°F (6°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.6" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 61°F (16°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.9" | 17.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 73°F (23°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.9" | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| July | 72°F (22°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| August | 66°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.3" | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| September | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.6" | 18.6 | 0.0 |
| October | 33°F (0°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 1.0" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 11°F (-12°C) | -10°F (-23°C) | 1°F (-17°C) | 1.0" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 3°F (-16°C) | -15°F (-26°C) | -6°F (-21°C) | 0.6" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 74°F around June 21, short of 90°F on every date, while 261 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -23°F near January 11.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 20, then returns to freezing around September 3, covering 261 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
March 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 36°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Manley Hot Springs.
Where Manley Hot Springs Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 261 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 36°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Manley Hot Springs earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Manley Hot Springs runs a summer-peaked wet season
48% of Manley Hot Springs'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 July at 2.5", on a wide 69.1°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: July, August, June, taking 48% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.4".
- Winter share: 12% 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.
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
14,673
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
10
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Manley Hot Springs 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 (25°F here).
- Cooke City, MT 34°F · 9.5°F off
- Crested Butte, CO 34°F · 9.5°F off
- Silver Gate, MT 34°F · 9.6°F off
- Stanley, ID 34°F · 9.7°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Culver City, CA 14.1" · 0.0" off
- Lemon Cove, CA 14.1" · 0.0" off
- Alder, MT 14.1" · 0.0" off
- Medicine Lake, MT 14.1" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Manley Hot Springs's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Manley Hot Springs logs 14,673 heating degree days, more than twice its 10 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 69.1°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Manley Hot Springs. 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 69.1°F, so a single annual figure is especially lossy; the annual average is 25°f. Compare monthly temperature and precipitation together before drawing a seasonal conclusion about Manley Hot Springs.
Manley Hot Springs's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 14.0 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.
Manley Hot Springs wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (14.0 inches).
Manley Hot Springs driest normal
January
January 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 Manley Hot Springs's primary station: MANLEY HOT SPRINGS 15NE (USC00505645). 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 0246780), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Manley Hot Springs: 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 Manley Hot Springs 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.