Moose Pass, 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 Moose Pass's primary NOAA station, MOOSE PASS 3NW.
The climate verdict for Moose Pass
Moose Pass, Alaska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 36°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 36°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 42.2"
- yearly precipitation total
- 100 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Moose Pass: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00505894 · Moose Pass, AK 36°F mean · 42.2" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 36°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Moran
- PRCP-MID 42.2"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 10,660 HDD
- STN-1 USC00505894
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Moran, WY ( -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.
- Moose Pass (this station) 36°F
- Cold Dillon, CO 36°F
- Hot St Paul Island, AK 36°F
- Near Moran, WY 36°F
- Near Little SU AT Ha…, AK 36°F
Moose Pass 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 · Moose Pass
Moose Pass: 18/100 · grade F
Moose Pass publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Moose Pass, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 42.2 in · 7.2 from 35 in | 75/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 211 calendar days | 9/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 35.7°F · 31.8° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 100 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Moose Pass · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Moose Pass is a continental Köppen climate: Dfc
Coldest-month mean 16.2°F and warmest-month mean 56.2°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
- 56.2°F
- Coldest month
- 16.2°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 Moose Pass sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Moose Pass's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 98%
- Among 6,861 stations, Moose Pass sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 63rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 36th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Moose Pass compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Moose Pass's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 24°F (-5°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 3.5" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 29°F (-2°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 5.3" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 35°F (1°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 2.2" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 45°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.3" | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 55°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.1" | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| June | 63°F (17°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 1.7" | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| July | 66°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.4" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 64°F (18°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.8" | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| September | 55°F (13°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 6.0" | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| October | 42°F (5°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 5.4" | 20.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 30°F (-1°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 4.2" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 27°F (-3°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 3.4" | 28.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 66°F around July 5, short of 90°F on every date, while 211 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 8°F near January 10.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 1, then returns to freezing around October 4, covering 211 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 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Moose Pass.
Where Moose Pass Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 211 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 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Moose Pass earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Moose Pass 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. Moose Pass has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 6.0" and June 1.7". The three wettest months together take 40% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 8
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 31
50% probability date
Growing Season
100 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10,660
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Moose Pass 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 (36°F here).
- Orr, MN 36°F · 0.1°F off
- Dillon, CO 36°F · 0.2°F off
- Fraser, CO 36°F · 0.3°F off
- Rolette, ND 36°F · 0.4°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (42.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Brookfield, MO 42.2" · 0.0" off
- Jerseyville, IL 42.2" · 0.0" off
- Nashville, IL 42.2" · 0.0" off
- Westerville, OH 42.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Moose Pass's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Moose Pass's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 10,660 annual heating degree days against 3 for cooling. Its 40.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 100 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 Moose Pass's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.0°F. The annual average is 36°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Moose Pass's 42.2 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Moose Pass'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 Moose Pass, 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 Moose Pass's primary station: MOOSE PASS 3NW (USC00505894). 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 0250190), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Moose Pass: 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 Moose Pass 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.